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Word: Scree
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 18th century: probably a back-formation from the plural screes, from Old Norse skritha ‘landslip’; related to skrítha ‘glide’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
skriː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a mass of small loose stones that form or cover a slope on a mountain
Short Definition:mass of small loose stones that form or cover slope on mountain
Examples:- they had to pick their way up precarious scree
- we reached the treacherous scree slope
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