loess

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/lɜːs/ English

Definitions

noun

Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin

Related words

Synonyms

loam lowan aeolianite eolianite lutite silt olistostrome mudrock eolith pedosediment sandbody loewite laminite leptosoil sediment limesand

Associated

windblown silty kosa plateau aeolian byway floodplain fluvial quaternary alluvial

Rhymes

whois crois below us blois blow us doe us grow us know us lo us lois

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