Associations to the word «Erection»

Pictures for the word «Erection»

Wiktionary

ERECTION, noun. (uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something; construction.
ERECTION, noun. (countable) Anything erected or built.
ERECTION, noun. (uncountable) (physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
ERECTION, noun. (uncountable) (physiology) (of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
ERECTION, noun. (countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect.

Dictionary definition

ERECTION, noun. An erect penis.
ERECTION, noun. A structure that has been erected.
ERECTION, noun. The act of building or putting up.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats