Definition of Avalanches

1. Noun. (plural of avalanche) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of avalanche) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Avalanches

1. avalanche [v] - See also: avalanche

Lexicographical Neighbors of Avalanches

availes
availest
availeth
availful
availing
availingly
availment
availments
avails
aval
avalanche
avalanche conduction
avalanche effect
avalanche lily
avalanched
avalanches
avalanching
avale
avaled
avalent
avales
avaling
avalone
avals
avalvular
avanafil
avant
avant-courier
avant-couriers
avant-garde

Literary usage of Avalanches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practice of Silviculture, with Particular Reference to Its Application by Ralph Chipman Hawley (1921)
"The forest needs protection against injury from. avalanches or snow-slides and is itself a protective agent in preventing damage from avalanches to property ..."

2. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"Avalanches are caused by the loosening and fall of masses of snow or ice on ... They are of rarer occurrence than other avalanches and seldom cause any ..."

3. Elements of Geology by Alonzo Gray, Charles Baker Adams (1863)
"Avalanches are masses of ice and snow, which are precipitated down the ... In Switzerland avalanches are very frequently precipitated into the valleys. ..."

4. The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the by Andrew Wilson (1875)
"THE VALLEY OF STONE Avalanches A HINDU DEVOTEE—THE DREAD MOTHER ... On great part of the next day's journey, granite avalanches were also a prominent and ..."

5. A Handbook for Travellers in Switzerland, and The Alps of Savoy and Piedmont by John Murray (Firm) (1867)
"The avalanche—the thunderbolt of snow."—Byron. Avalanches (Germ. ... The staub-lawinen (dust avalanches) are formed of loose fresh-fallen snow, ..."

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