avalanche
/ˈævəlæn(t)ʃ/noun, verb3 syllables
Avalanche means: gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow.
Synonyms for avalanche5
verb, as in gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
roll down
also used for avalanche
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What does avalanche mean?3
verb
1
gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
noun
1
a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
2
a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things“the program brought an avalanche of mail”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Avalanche in a sentence
- As soon as you contact your friends, tell them that an avalanche is coming.Dorenda
- A small snowball is capable of starting an avalanche.keira_n
- The avalanche hurtled tons of snow down the mountain.darinmex
- One snowflake is the first component of an avalanche.rul
- No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.Hybrid
- The rescuers pulled out the young girl from the avalanche.Hybrid
- The avalanche swept away everything in its path.AlanF_US
- This is where we're expecting the avalanche to fall.Amastan
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of avalanche
as a noun
- plural
- avalanches
as a verb
- past tense
- avalanched
- present participle
- avalanching
- third-person singular
- avalanches
- past participle
- avalanched