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   A·brade

   /əˈbrād/

   

   verb

   • 1. scrape or wear away by friction or erosion: "a landscape slowly abraded by a fine, stinging dust"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from Latin abradere, from ab- ‘away, from’ + radere ‘to scrape’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. abrader noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

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