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earthfall

earthfall noun: a landslide.

Noun

earthfall (plural earthfalls)

  1. A landslide.
    Synonyms:
    dirtfall

earthfall meaning in Tamil

earthfall in Tamil

நிலச்சரிவு

Synonyms of earthfall

Forms of earthfall

pluralearthfalls
alternative formearth-fall

Origin of earthfall

From earth + fall. Cognate with Old Frisian irthfal, erthfel, erdfal, German Erdfall (“a sinkhole”), Danish jordfald, Swedish jordfall, Icelandic jarðfall. Compare waterfall.

Questions about earthfall

What does earthfall mean?
Earthfall means a landslide.
What is earthfall in Tamil?
Earthfall in Tamil is நிலச்சரிவு. See Earthfall meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is earthfall?
Earthfall is a noun.
What is the plural of earthfall?
The plural of earthfall is earthfalls.

Words near earthfall in the dictionary

  1. earthenwork
  2. earthenworks
  3. earther
  4. earthers
  5. Earthese
  6. earthfall
  7. earthfalls
  8. earthfast
  9. earthflax
  10. earthfloor
  11. earthfloors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: earthfall (page history and authors); earthfall (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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