commolition

English

Etymology

From Latin commolitus, from Latin commolō (“to shake or grind thoroughly”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑ.məˈlɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

commolition (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The act of grinding together.
   • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:

     And whether these fragments of iron and hard substances swallowed by the Oestridge, have not also that use in their stomacks, which they have in other birds; that is, in some way to supply the use of teeth, by commolition, grinding and compression of their proper aliment, upon the action of the strongly conformed muscles of the stomack;