Loess

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Loess \Loess\ (l[~e]e), n. [G. l["o]ss.] (Geol.)
     A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish
     earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  loess
       n : a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt
           deposited by the wind

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "loess":
     alluvion, alluvium, ash, cinder, clinker, debris, deposit,
     deposition, deposits, detritus, diluvium, draff, dregs, drift,
     dross, ember, feces, froth, grounds, lees, moraine, offscum,
     precipitate, precipitation, scoria, scree, scum, sediment,
     settlings, silt, sinter, slag, smut, soot, sublimate