COLLUVIUM


Meaning of COLLUVIUM in English

— colluvial , adj.

/keuh looh"vee euhm/ , n. , pl. colluvia /-vee euh/ , colluviums . Geol.

loose earth material that has accumulated at the base of a hill, through the action of gravity, as piles of talus, avalanche debris, and sheets of detritus moved by soil creep or frost action.

[ 1935-40; colluv-, base of colluere to wash out (see COLLUTORY) + -ium -IUM, on the model of L alluvium ALLUVIUM, diluvium DELUGE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .