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SCREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scree mean?
• SCREE (noun)
The noun SCREE has 1 sense:
1. a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
Familiarity information: SCREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
scree; talus
Hypernyms ("scree" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
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