scree

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /skɹiː/ (General American) IPA(key): /skɹi/ Rhymes: -iː === Etymology 1 === Probably a back-formation from screes, from Old Norse skriða (“landslide, landslip”); compare skríða (“to glide”) (from Proto-Germanic *skrīþaną (“to crawl; to glide; to walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreyt-, *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”)). The word is cognate with Icelandic skriða (“avalanche; landslide, landslip; steep mountain- or hillside made up of gravel and loose rocks”). ==== Noun ==== scree (countable and uncountable, plural screes) (uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope. [from early 18th c.] (uncountable, by extension) Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc. (countable) A slope made up of scree at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc. ===== Derived terms ===== scree plot ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== ==== Verb ==== scree (third-person singular simple present screes, present participle screeing, simple past and past participle screed) To traverse scree downhill. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Onomatopoeic. However, some connection to a lost dialect term (Old Norse influence? cf. shriek, screech) from Old English sċrēon is not impossible. ==== Noun ==== scree (plural screes) A harsh, high-pitched sound or cry (as of a hawk). ==== Verb ==== scree (third-person singular simple present screes, present participle screeing, simple past and past participle screed) To make a high-pitched cry like that of a hawk. === Etymology 3 === A variant of screed. ==== Verb ==== scree (third-person singular simple present screes, present participle screeing, simple past and past participle screed) To flatten or level concrete while still wet, and remove protruding gravel and stones from the surface. === Etymology 4 === Apparently from screen. ==== Noun ==== scree (plural screes) (Scotland) A coarse sieve. === References === === Further reading === scree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Screes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === See also === === Anagrams === ceres, crese, Ceres, Crees