About The Word Loess
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Loess
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What's The Definition Of Loess?
[n] a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind
Synonyms | Synonyms for Loess: Related Terms | Find terms related to Loess: alluvion | alluvium | ash | cinder | clinker | debris | deposit | deposition | deposits | detritus | diluvium | draff | dregs | drift | dross | ember | feces | froth | grounds | lees | moraine | offscum | precipitate | precipitation | scoria | scree | scum | sediment | settlings | silt | sinter | slag | smut | soot | sublimate Loess In Webster's Dictionary \Loess\, n. [G. l["o]ss.] (Geol.)
A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish
earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.
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