talus, scree
(noun) a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scree (countable and uncountable, plural screes)
(uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope. [from early 18th c.]
(uncountable, by extension) Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.
(countable) A slope made up of loose stony debris at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.
scree (third-person singular simple present screes, present participle screeing, simple past and past participle screed)
To traverse scree downhill.
scree (plural screes)
A harsh, high-pitched sound or cry (as of a hawk).
scree (third-person singular simple present screes, present participle screeing, simple past and past participle screed)
To make a high-pitched cry like that of a hawk.
scree (third-person singular simple present screes, present participle screeing, simple past and past participle screed)
To flatten or level concrete while still wet, and remove protruding gravel and stones from the surface.
scree (plural screes)
(Scotland) A coarse sieve.
• Ceres, Crees, ceres
Source: Wiktionary
Scree, n.
Definition: A pebble; a stone; also, a heap of stones or rocky débris. [Prov. Eng.] Southey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 September 2023
(adverb) so as to shock the feelings; “One day, she lost her temper, completely, suddenly and, even to herself, shockingly”; “Suddenly, shockingly, the clergyman’s son was a desperado.”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
