pitting

About 0.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion.
2. noun The digging of a pit.

   Test pittings were carried out prior to the main excavation.

3. verb present participle and gerund of pit

Similar words

indentation roughness scalariform picket facing bearing oedema picketing confronting opposing

Often followed by

of the and corrosion edema one is in on

Word family

pittings