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How many syllables in Accretion


Word

Accretion

How many syllables?

3 Syllables

How it's divided?

ac-cre-tion

Definition

  • n. - The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
  • n. - The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
  • n. - Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
  • n. - A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
  • n. - The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
  • n. - Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.

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