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Word: Loess
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from German Löss, from Swiss German lösch ‘loose’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈləʊɪs
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ləːs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a loosely compacted yellowish-grey deposit of wind-blown sediment of which extensive deposits occur e.g. in eastern China and the American Midwest.
Short Definition:loosely compacted yellowish-grey deposit of wind-blown sediment of which extensive deposits occur
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