exfoliation
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin
exfoliation is increased by sunburn
Types & categories
- organic phenomenon hypernym
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Sense 2 noun
a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | exfoliate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | exfoliate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | exfoliate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic phenomenon |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exfoliate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exfoliate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exfoliate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | chip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dander |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dandruff |