Accretion Meaning, Definitions, Synonyms & Antonyms - Vocabopedia

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Accretion [uh-kree-shuhn]

NOUN

NOUN

The growing of separate things together into one.
Increase in growth by external addition.

Example

"There was an accretion of ice on the car's glass window."

"Many rocks are formed by the slow accretion of limestone."

Synonyms

Accumulation, Accession, Augmentation, Increase

Antonyms

Decline, Drop, Decrease, Fall