avalanche
Meaning of avalanche
noun
- A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
- A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
- (by extension) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
- To descend like an avalanche.
- To come down upon; to overwhelm.
The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.
- To propel downward like an avalanche.
Information about avalanche
- The plural form of avalanche is: avalanches.
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Hyphenation of avalanche
avalanche
- It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
- avalanche is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
avalanche synonyms
Meaning :
snowslide, snowslip, barrage, blitz
Translation of avalanche
- German: Lawine
- French: avalanche
- Italian: valanga
- Portuguese: avalanche
- Spanish: alud, avalancha, desprendimiento
Words that rhyme with avalanche
Blanche, Camanche, Catananche, Comanche, Guanche, Hyaenanche, Malebranche, Manche, Orobanche, blanche, catananche, chanche, comanche, cynanche, endimanche, enmanche, flanche, guaguanche, manche, pambanmanche, planche, ranche, revanche, tranche, transmanche, valanche, Pehuenche, penche, pervenche, chinche, malinche, pinche, quinche, conche, Bunche, Picunche, flaunche, maunche, paunche
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