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accretion   (TTS Sound)

The noun accretion has 6 senses

• accretion, accumulation -- (an increase by natural growth or addition)


• accretion -- (something contributing to growth or increase; "he scraped away the accretions of paint"; "the central city surrounded by recent accretions")


• accretion -- ((astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases)


• accretion -- ((biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles)


• accretion -- ((geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment)


• accretion -- ((law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance))