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scree(dictionary)

scree (iou)



scree noun. [skri:] Orig. in pl. E18.
[Old Norse skriea landslip, rel. to skriea slide, glide = Old English scriTan, Old High German skritan (German Schreiten).]
A loose mass of stony detritus forming a precipitous slope on a mountainside. Also, the material composing such a slope.