scree
1 synonym for scree, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Loose broken stones lying on a slope.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Probably a back-formation from screes, from Old Norse skriða ("landslide, landslip"); compare skríða ("to glide"), from Proto-Germanic *skrīþaną ("to crawl; to glide; to walk"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreyt-, *(s)ker- ("to bend, turn"). It is cognate with Icelandic skriða ("avalanche; landslide, landslip; steep m...
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