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🌊 Can wear away 💔 Can weaken
erodable

erodable

5.8
Land that water or wind can wear away
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈroʊdəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : erodible
  • Over time, the riverbank became erodable due to constant exposure to heavy rains.

Examples

  • Unlike the other villages (Figure 2) along this stretch of coast, the Kamiali villagers have refrained from planting food gardens on their steep, erodable hills.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Readily erodable shales have been strongly dissected into a heavily rolling topography.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The beach is made up of soft sand that is highly erodable by the strong waves and winds.

  • The construction project was delayed because the team discovered that the soil was very erodable.

Synonyms

erodible
vserodable
  • Specialized
1 6.8

Something that water, wind, or chemicals can wear away

focuses only on wearing away by natural forces such as water and wind
abradable
vserodable
  • Specialized
8.8

Wears away when rubbed

is worn away by natural forces like water or wind rather than friction

Antonyms

durable
56 3.6

Able to last a long time without breaking or being damaged

How Erodable

erodable
  • Specialized
5.8
resistant
8 3.7

Surface Forms

erodable positive

Morphology

erodable = erode (transparent) = erode + able

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'erode' meaning 'able to be eroded' with a direct, physical reading.

Etymology

Erodable comes from Latin parts e- 'out' and rodere 'to gnaw', giving the picture of wind or water slowly 'gnawing' away rock or soil, so we call cliffs or fields that can be worn away 'erodable'.