scree
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scree
First recorded in 1775–85, scree is from the Old Norse word skritha landslide
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Traveling the canyon on the two-lane highway through Wheeler Springs and Wheeler Gorge is beautiful but slow going, past houses and campgrounds as well as high rock walls that threaten to rain down scree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Up in the mountains, they cling to “pockets in shifting scree, where gravel and rocks form barely the idea of soil,” Chips said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
They parked on the far edge of the outcrop, then continued on foot through a sloping scree field of glassy black stone until they reached a view of the mud flats to the east.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2023
To the southeast he noted an alley filled with scree — it was a timeworn ball court, 350 feet long and 16 feet wide with sloping sides.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
To her right a scree of small rocks and gravel sloped up to a cliff of crumbling limestone.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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