rockfall

noun

rock·​fall ˈräk-ˌfȯl How to pronounce rockfall (audio)
: a mass of falling or fallen rocks

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Since January 2023, several rockfalls and landslides have forced closures along sections of the highway. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024 Ground cracking and rockfalls can be enhanced by earthquakes. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2024 Perhaps an ice sheet, disturbed by the rockfall, was ringing like a bell. Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024 California Big Sur’s Highway 1 to reopen Friday — ahead of schedule — after major rockfall May 15, 2024 No overnight work is scheduled for Friday or Saturday nights, the agency said. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for rockfall 

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rockfall was in 1901

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“Rockfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rockfall. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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