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cluses

cluses is the plural of cluse.

Meaning of cluse

Noun

cluse (plural cluses)

  1. A defile or narrow gorge, especially one that cuts transversely through the rock of an otherwise continuous ridge.
    • [...] others are bounded by the steep walls of the cluses, these being the most picturesque; others, again, occupy the combes referred to above.1876, Elisée Reclus, The Earth and Its Inhabitants: France and Switzerland, page 150

Phrases with cluses

Questions about cluses

What is cluses the plural of?
Cluses is the plural of cluse.

Words near cluses in the dictionary

  1. clupeomorphs
  2. clurichaun
  3. clurichauns
  4. CLUs
  5. cluse
  6. cluses
  7. clusia
  8. clusiaceous
  9. clusias
  10. clusiid
  11. clusiids

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