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scree
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scree has 1 sense
- scree(n = noun.object) talus - a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff; Array is a kind of formation, geological formation
CIDE DICTIONARY
scree, n.
A pebble; a stone; also, a heap of stones or rocky débris. Southey. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scree, n. (in sing. or pl.)
1 small loose stones.
2 a mountain slope covered with these.
1 small loose stones.
2 a mountain slope covered with these.
Etymology
prob. back-form. f. screes (pl.) ult. f. ON skritha landslip, rel. to skr{iacute}tha glide
THESAURUS
scree
aa, abyssal rock, alluvion, alluvium, basalt, bedrock, block lava, brash, breccia, conglomerate, crag, debris, deposit, detritus, diluvium, drift, druid stone, festooned pahoehoe, gneiss, granite, igneous rock, lava, limestone, living rock, loess, magma, mantlerock, metamorphic rock, monolith, moraine, pahoehoe, pillow lava, porphyry, pudding stone, regolith, rock, ropy lava, rubble, rubblestone, sandstone, sarsen, schist, scoria, sediment, sedimentary rock, shelly pahoehoe, silt, sinter, stone, talus, tufa, tuff
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