replacement

About 15.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
2. noun The act of replacing something.

   The replacement of that broken light-bulb will have to wait until I can buy a new one.

3. noun The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.

Similar words

substitution substitute surrogate replenishment refilling renewal successor transposition alternate switch

Often followed by

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Word family

replacements