Topic: EARTH SCIENCES
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| Date: | 1700-1800 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | French dialect lavantse, avalantse |
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av‧a‧lanche
[countable]
[countable]1HE a large mass of snow, ice, and rocks that falls down the side of a mountain : Two skiers were killed in the avalanche.
Two skiers were killed in the avalanche.2 a very large number of things such as letters, messages etc that arrive suddenly at the same time : The school received an avalanche of applications.
an avalanche of something
The school received an avalanche of applications.