replacement
noun/ɹɪˈpleɪsmənt/
Etymology From replace + -ment.
1
A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
- Rovers lost keeper Robinson to a calf problem at half-time and his replacement Mark Bunn, making his Premier League debut, was immediately called into action - pushing away a vicious Peter Odemwingie drive at the near post.2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:
2
The act of replacing something.
- The replacement of that broken light-bulb will have to wait until I can buy a new one.
3
The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.
- Derived terms
25 terms
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- spare part