"replacement" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /rɪˈpleɪsmənt/ Audio: en-us-replacement.ogg [US] Forms: replacement [singular], replacements [plural]
Etymology: replace + -ment Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|replace|ment}} replace + -ment Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A replacement is something that stands in for something else.
    Sense id: simple-replacement-en-noun-oQnKpMI6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ment
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