lumivyöry — meaning in English
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English meaning
- avalanche noun A large mass of snow and ice that suddenly breaks loose and slides down a mountainside.
Senses
lumivyöry is used for these senses in English:
- avalanche A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
- avalanche A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
- avalanche (by extension) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
avalanche — full definition
- noun A large mass of snow and ice that suddenly breaks loose and slides down a mountainside.
- noun A sudden, overwhelming amount of something arriving all at once.
- verb To come down or arrive suddenly and overwhelmingly, like an avalanche.