rockfall
rockfall
Definition
rock·fall (räk′fôl′)
noun
- a landslide involving the fall of rocks
- the pile of rocks formed by such a landslide
rockfall
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- block: Then, deep inside the cave, disaster strikes when their route back to the surface is blocked by a rockfall.
Adjective modifier
- massive: The other major development in the area was the massive rockfall at Beachy Head in Winter 1998/9.
- huge: WARNING: A huge rockfall has taken place ( July 2005?
- small: Debris from a small rockfall in Gage's Valley.
Modifies a noun
- event: We found that there was a dependence between low-frequency and rockfall events.
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