accretions

• accumulations
• additions
• boosts
• collections
• gains
• increases
• mixtures
• piles

• abatements
• declines
• decreases
• decrements
• deductions
• depletions
• diminishments
• diminutions
• drop-offs
• falloffs
• falls
• losses
• reductions
• shrinkages
• step downs

• noun
  1. The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
  2. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition.
  3. Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item.
  4. Concretion; coherence of separate particles.
  5. A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
  6. The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
  7. The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
  8. Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.

• The archaeologist found several accretions of ancient materials buried beneath the surface.
• The accretions of sediment over thousands of years created the island.
• The company experienced slow but steady accretions to its assets through small acquisitions.
• Environmental changes have led to the accretions of new land along the coastline.
• Over time, the accretions of minerals formed a large deposit in the cave.

accumulations

• accretions
• assemblages
• collections
• cumulations
• cumuli
• increases
• jumbles
• mixtures
• piles

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