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rockfalls

rockfalls is the plural 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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Questions about rockfalls

What is rockfalls the plural of?
Rockfalls is the plural of rockfall.

Words near rockfalls in the dictionary

  1. Rockey
  2. Rockeys
  3. rockface
  4. rockfaces
  5. rockfall
  6. rockfalls
  7. rockfest
  8. rockfests
  9. rockfill
  10. rockfills
  11. rockfinch

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