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Avalanche
| Avalanche Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Avalanche?
[n] a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things; "the program brought an avalanche of mail"
[n] a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
[v] of snow masses in the mountains
Synonyms | Synonyms for Avalanche: roll down
Related Terms | Find terms related to Avalanche: abundance |
affluence |
ample sufficiency |
ampleness |
amplitude |
blizzard |
bonanza |
bountifulness |
bountiousness |
bumper crop |
coast |
copiousness |
crystal |
deluge |
driven snow |
embarras de richesses |
enough |
extravagance |
extravagancy |
exuberance |
fertility |
flake |
flood |
flow |
flurry |
foison |
full measure |
fullness |
generosity |
generousness |
glide |
glissade |
glissando |
granular snow |
great abundance |
great plenty |
gush |
igloo |
inundation |
landslide |
landslip |
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liberality |
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lots |
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mantle of snow |
maximum |
mogul |
money to burn |
more than enough |
much |
myriad |
myriads |
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opulence |
opulency |
outpouring |
overabundance |
overaccumulation |
overbounteousness |
overcopiousness |
overdose |
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overlavishness |
overluxuriance |
overmeasure |
overmuchness |
overnumerousness |
overplentifulness |
overplenty |
overpopulation |
overprofusion |
oversufficiency |
oversupply |
plenitude |
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plethora |
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productiveness |
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profusion |
quantities |
redundancy |
repleteness |
repletion |
rich harvest |
rich vein |
richness |
riot |
riotousness |
scads |
shower |
sideslip |
skid |
slide |
slip |
slippage |
slither |
slosh |
slush |
snow |
snow banner |
snow bed |
snow blanket |
snow blast |
snow fence |
snow flurry |
snow roller |
snow slush |
snow squall |
snow wreath |
snowball |
snowbank |
snowbridge |
snowcap |
snow-crystal |
snowdrift |
snowfall |
snowfield |
snowflake |
snowland |
snowman |
snowscape |
snowshed |
snowslide |
snowslip |
snowstorm |
spate |
stream |
subsidence |
substantiality |
substantialness |
superabundance |
superflux |
teemingness |
wealth |
wet snow
See Also | come down |
descend |
fall |
go down |
happening |
lahar |
natural event |
occurrence |
slide
Avalanche In Webster's Dictionary
\Av"a*lanche`\ (?; 277), n. [F. avalanche, fr. avaler
to descend, to let down, from aval down, downward; ? (L. ad)
+ val, L. vallis, valley. See {Valley}.]
1. A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down
a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
2. A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an
avalanche of snow or ice.
3. A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of
anything.
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