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stoss

stoss adjective: used to describe one side of roche moutonnée.

stoss: used to describe one side of roche moutonnée
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Adjective

stoss (not comparable)

  1. Used to describe one side of roche moutonnée.
  2. Used to describe one side of a subaerial dune or subaqueous ripple in sediment.

Proper noun capitalized: Stoss

Stoss

  1. A mountain pass and locality in Appenzell Innerrhoden canton and Appenzell Ausserrhoden canton, Switzerland.

Antonyms of stoss

Origin of stoss

Borrowed from German stoss-, from stossen (“to push”). Further from Proto-Germanic *stautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (extended from *(s)tew-).

Words formed from stoss

Questions about stoss

What does stoss mean?
Stoss means used to describe one side of roche moutonnée.
What part of speech is stoss?
Stoss can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near stoss in the dictionary

  1. stoshers
  2. stoshious
  3. stoshius
  4. stoshous
  5. stoshus
  6. stoss
  7. stoss therapy
  8. Stossel
  9. stosstherapy
  10. stot
  11. stote

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