: an accumulation of loose stones or rocky debris lying on a slope or at the base of a hill or cliff : talus
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The faint trail climbs through forest, up loose scree, and then disappears entirely.
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R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
Wyatt dug his heels into the scree, or loose rocks, and then slid his way to a shortcut and an early break.
—Barbie Porter, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
Today these first monsters are imprisoned in the rocks, crumbling from mountainsides of scree in British Columbia, and paved over by suburban subdivisions in Pennsylvania.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Soon, the road narrowed and dissolved into pebbly white scree.
—Meara Sharma, The Dial, 22 July 2025
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R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
Wyatt dug his heels into the scree, or loose rocks, and then slid his way to a shortcut and an early break.
—Barbie Porter, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
Today these first monsters are imprisoned in the rocks, crumbling from mountainsides of scree in British Columbia, and paved over by suburban subdivisions in Pennsylvania.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Soon, the road narrowed and dissolved into pebbly white scree.
—Meara Sharma, The Dial, 22 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for scree
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“Scree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scree. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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