landslip
landslip noun: the sliding of a mass of land down a cliff or slope; a landslide.
Noun
landslip (plural landslips)
- The sliding of a mass of land down a cliff or slope; a landslide.
- This landslip appears to have been occasioned by the freezing of the springs in the chasms of the hill; the expansive force of the ice causing a separation at the base of the cliff beneath the hill, the ground began to move forward, and the lands of the farm, being pressed on by the descending...1808, William Bernard Cooke, “Natural History”, in A New Picture of the Isle of Wight, London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, page 39
- And wasn’t it a sight to see, / When, ere his song was ended, / Like some great landslip, tree by tree, / The country-side descended;1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Amphio”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 167
landslip meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
landslip in Tamil
- மண்சரிவு, நிலச்சரிவு
landslip in Malayalam
- മണ്ണിടിച്ചിൽ
Examples of landslip in a sentence
- Though a cliff, or sheet of bare rock, is hardly visible among the glens, yet here and there a bright brown patch tells of a recent landslip; […]1871, Charles Kingsley, “Down the Islands”, in At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies. […], volume I, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan...
- The embankments forming the lineside forest are also a cause for concern, as landslips can block the line for days or even weeks.2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 42:
Forms of landslip
| plural | landslips |
|---|---|
| alternative form | land-slip |
Origin of landslip
From land + slip.
Questions about landslip
- What does landslip mean?
- Landslip means the sliding of a mass of land down a cliff or slope; a landslide.
- What is landslip in Tamil?
- Landslip in Tamil is மண்சரிவு, நிலச்சரிவு. See Landslip meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use landslip in a sentence?
- Though a cliff, or sheet of bare rock, is hardly visible among the glens, yet here and there a bright brown patch tells of a recent landslip; […]
- What part of speech is landslip?
- Landslip is a noun.
- What is the plural of landslip?
- The plural of landslip is landslips.
Words near landslip in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: landslip (page history and authors); landslip (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); landslip (Malayalam 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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