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Meanings of scree in English

Russian
осыпь
Portuguese
declives
Spanish
talud de gravedad
Catalan
tartera
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Collection of broken rock fragments at the base of crags, mountain cliffs etc, that has accumulated through periodic rockfall.

осыпь
Usage of scree in English
1
That scree slope behind the pond is not very far from there.
The Shelters of Stone
2
Myrrima walked among the scree, sinking into loose soil with every step.
Wizardborn
3
Balls of St. Elmo's fire bounced and rolled down the scree-littered slope.
Revival
4
Loose scree, bird skeletons, and snags of wind-blasted wood tripped her feet.
A Cavern of Black Ice
5
I'm standing on loose scree, a river of molten lava churning below.
From a Certain Point of View
6
Finger pinnacles, rocky spires and pyramids, boulders and ravines and scree-covered slopes.
Acts of faith
7
A scree of freckles, there across the steep ridge of her nose.
Voice of the Fire
8
Where stone reared it was split, become scree-edged furrows stained by smoke.
Iron Council
9
Out on the hillside, I collapse onto the scree, gasping for breath.
The Fearless
10
The scree challenged Margaret as it had done the year before.
A change in altitude
11
This leads us up to a scree field and finally some better climbing.
Climbing Magazine
12
There was a short period of rest at the top of the scree.
A change in altitude
13
What animal, no matter how wild, would go near the scree?
A change in altitude
14
Ivan Ilych points down at the raw scree-covered slopes below us.
Full Circle
15
It was three a.m. on the day of the scree and the glacier.
A change in altitude
16
Tall ships and steamers passing sedately between overhangs and scree landscapes.
The Scar
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Portuguese
declives
Scree through the time
Scree across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common