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scree
(skriː)
Word forms: plural screes
variable noun
Scree is a mass of loose stones on the side of a mountain.
Occasionally scree fell in a shower of dust and noise.
He scrambled sideways down the scree slope.
scree in British English
(skriː)
noun
an accumulation of weathered rock fragments at the foot of a cliff or hillside, often forming a sloping heap
Also called: talusWord origin
Old English scrīthan to slip; related to Old Norse skrītha to slide, German schreiten to walkscree in American English
(skri)
noun
talus2 (sense 2)
Word origin
back-form. < pl. screes < earlier screethes < ON skritha, landslide < skritha, to slide, creep, akin to Ger schreiten, to step < IE base *(s)ker-, to turn, bendImage ofscree
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Examples of 'scree' in a sentencescree
- in or under the guise of
- in or (us) on one's own time
- in or with apprehension
- in or within reason
- in or within sb's hearing
- inosculate
- inosculation
- inosilicate
- inosine
- inositol
- in other words
- in-other-words
- inotropic
- in our midst
- in-our-midst
- in our (or your or their) midst
- in-our-or-your-or-their-midst
- in-out-of-fashion
- in/out of fashion
- in-out-of-keeping
- in/out of keeping
- in-out-of-step
- in/out of step
- in/out of stock
- in/out of the public eye