Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fall of rocks, as from a cliff.
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- noun A quantity of
rocks that hasfallen from a cliff etc.
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Examples
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Mount St. Helens in Washington State shot a steam and ash plume at least 16,000 feet into the air Monday after a large rockfall from the lava dome in the volcano's crater.
Mount St. Helens Volcano Cam MJ 2006
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We scratched around but did not find any bison remains in the colluvium pile below, and the seemingly carefully placed stones at the front of the shallow cave were only natural rockfall from the ceiling.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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We scratched around but did not find any bison remains in the colluvium pile below, and the seemingly carefully placed stones at the front of the shallow cave were only natural rockfall from the ceiling.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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We scratched around but did not find any bison remains in the colluvium pile below, and the seemingly carefully placed stones at the front of the shallow cave were only natural rockfall from the ceiling.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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A remaining fear is that the rockfall that originally trapped them may have weakened the props holding up the mine.
Chilean miners' ordeal almost over as workers prepare to go free Jonathan Franklin at the San José mine 2010
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We scratched around but did not find any bison remains in the colluvium pile below, and the seemingly carefully placed stones at the front of the shallow cave were only natural rockfall from the ceiling.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The rock giant moved to the edge of the rockfall and began to lift medium-sized boulders – those large enough to crush a half-dozen lemkins.
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Management took the decision to halt operations after the early morning rockfall, which occurred about 2,125 meters underground,
Harmony Mining Suspends Operations After Death Robb M. Stewart 2010
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Management took the decision to halt operations after the early morning rockfall, which occurred about 2,125 meters underground,
Harmony Mining Suspends Operations After Death Robb M. Stewart 2010
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Management took the decision to halt operations after the early morning rockfall, which occurred about 2,125 meters underground,
Harmony Mining Suspends Operations After Death Robb M. Stewart 2010
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