English Explanatory Dictionary

arrested decay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. State of preservation where no attempt is made to improve a ruin, but rather to keep it from deteriorating any further.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see arrested, decay.

Word forms

arrested decay
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