avulsion
/ə'vəlʃən/
noun
8 letters3 syllables11 points in Scrabble®15 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
NOUN
1
A forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another.
2
An abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another.
WORD FORMS
Related formavulse
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®11 points
Words With Friends®15 points
Double word22 points
Triple word33 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinavulsionway
Starts & ends withA … N
Syllablesa · vul · sion
SYNONYMS & RELATED1
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