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ERASURE

• ERASURE (noun)
The noun ERASURE has 3 senses:

1. a correction made by erasing
2. a surface area where something has been erased
3. deletion by an act of expunging or erasing

Familiarity information: ERASURE used as a noun is uncommon.

• ERASURE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A correction made by erasing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

there were many erasures in the typescript

Hypernyms ("erasure" is a kind of...):

correction (something substituted for an error)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A surface area where something has been erased

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

another word had been written over the erasure

Hypernyms ("erasure" is a kind of...):

area; expanse; surface area (the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

expunction; expunging; erasure

Hypernyms ("erasure" is a kind of...):

deletion (the act of deleting something written or printed)

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