scree
noun/skriː/
/skriː/
[uncountable, countable]- an area of small loose stones, especially on a mountain, which may slide when you walk on themTopics Geographyc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryScree is used before these nouns:
- slope
Word Originearly 18th cent.: probably a back-formation from the plural screes, from Old Norse skritha ‘landslip’; related to skrítha ‘glide’.Definitions on the go
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