Scoriation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scoriation is a noun meaning A sloppily cut groove, furrow, or trench, characterised by the presence of refuse material from which it was cut.
Meaning
A sloppily cut groove, furrow, or trench, characterised by the presence of refuse material from which it was cut.
More Meanings
- aphetic form of excoriation
- An anthropological term used to describe grooves or other similar markings on bullets exclusively. Scoriation is a joining of "scoring" and "striation."
Example Sentences
"The tracks of his father's foot were gone. Where they had been were now long, watercloudy scoriations resembling the sporadic course of a Lilliputian mowing machine." ~William Faulkner
Word Forms
- scoriations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scarification, scuff, graffage, scotch, kerf, scree.
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