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rock fall

rock fall is the alternative form of rockfall.

Meaning of rockfall

Noun

rockfall (plural rockfalls)

  1. A quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff etc.
    • A 200-ton rockfall recently blocked the Machynlleth sidings, trapping several locomotives; a rock-slip on the approach embankment to Talerddig required expensive revetting last year; and on the coastal section to Barmouth an 80 foot-high stone revetment was completed some time ago at Friog; [...].1964 December, Mark Bourne, “The rejuvenation of the Cambrian line”, in Modern Railways, page 390
    Synonyms:
    rockslide

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Forms of rock fall

pluralrock falls

Questions about rock fall

What is rock fall the alternative form of?
Rock fall is the alternative form of rockfall.

Words near rock fall in the dictionary

  1. rock elm
  2. rock elms
  3. Rock English
  4. rock face
  5. rock faces
  6. rock fall
  7. rock falls
  8. Rock Ferry
  9. rock fever
  10. rock fish
  11. rock fishes

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