Associations to the word «Accretionary»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
ACCRETIONARY, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an accretion
ACCRETIONARY WEDGE, noun. (geology) The accumulation of surface sediment formed between a subducting oceanic crustal plate and a continental tectonic plate, as it is scraped from off the top of the oceanic crustal plate.
Dictionary definition
ACCRETIONARY, adjective. Marked or produced by accretion.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.