Erection Definition

ĭ-rĕkshən
erections
noun
erections
An erecting or being erected.
Webster's New World
Something erected; structure, building, etc.
Webster's New World
A being or becoming rigid and erect by filling with blood; specif., such a condition of the penis or clitoris.
Webster's New World
The process of filling with blood.
American Heritage Medicine

(uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something; construction.

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Singular:
erection
Plural:
erections

Origin of Erection

  • From Latin erectio, noun of action from perfect passive participle erectus, from verb erigere, from prefix e- (“out of”) + regere, + action suffix -io.

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Erection Sentence Examples

  • Most men take their ability to achieve an erection for granted.

  • The other mosques, of which there are about thirty within the walls, excluding the chapels and places of prayer, are all of recent erection.

  • On the other side of the river, connected by a bridge of the 14th century, and another of modern erection, stands the suburb of Carrickbeg, in county Waterford, where an abbey was founded in 1336.

  • Before the erection of the Tay Bridge the town was the scene of much traffic, as the railway ferry from Tayport was then the customary access to Dundee from the south.

  • Restored when the emperor was excommunicated, he treated in vain with Frederick for the erection of Austria into a kingdom.

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Words Starting With

EERERE

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With E and Ending With N

Starts With E & Ends With NStarts With ER & Ends With NStarts With E & Ends With ON

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With E8 Letter Words Ending With N