subtraction
/səb'trækʃən/
noun
11 letters3 syllables15 points in Scrabble®19 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
NOUN
1
The act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole).
“he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks”
2
An arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated.
“the subtraction of three from four leaves one”
WORD FORMS
Related formsubtract
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®15 points
Words With Friends®19 points
Double word30 points
Triple word45 points
GOOD TO KNOW
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Starts & ends withS … N
Syllablessub · trac · tion
SYNONYMS & RELATED4
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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