Definitions For Accretion

noun

  • (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)
  • An increase by natural growth or addition
  • (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment
  • (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
  • (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
  • Something contributing to growth or increase
  • A gradual process in which layers of a material are formed as small amounts are added over time
  • Something that has grown or accumulated slowly : a product or result of gradual growth

Is Accretions a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
17

The word Accretion is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Accretion in a Sentence

  • Rocks formed by the slow accretion of limestone
  • There was an accretion of ice on the car's windshield.

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