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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a correction made by erasing;
- Example: "there were many erasures in the typescript"

2. a surface area where something has been erased;
- Example: "another word had been written over the erasure"

3. deletion by an act of expunging or erasing;
[syn: expunction, expunging, erasure]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Erasure \E*ra"sure\ (?; 135), n. [From Erase.]
   1. The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. the place where something has been erased.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

erasure
    n 1: a correction made by erasing; "there were many erasures in
         the typescript"
    2: a surface area where something has been erased; "another word
       had been written over the erasure"
    3: deletion by an act of expunging or erasing [syn:
       expunction, expunging, erasure]