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erection

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8 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈɹɛkʃən/Part of speech nounSorted ceeinortStarts with EEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of building or putting up

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnis, noun of action from perfect passive participle ērectus, from verb erigō, from prefix ē- (“out of”) + regō, + action suffix -iō.

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  • The Empire State Building was once the world's tallest erection.
  • If any serious number of deck erections have been left unfaired, these percentages will be too low.
  • There is some obscurity attaching to the only other one of those alleged erections of parishes, the case of Foot Dee, near Aberdeen.

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