: 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 Bukumu kingdom occupies about a hundred and thirty square miles in the province of North Kivu, and large portions of it are covered by black lava scree.
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Search and rescue teams located the body of the man, who has yet to be identified, about 130 feet down on a scree pile.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 10 Nov. 2025
The faint trail climbs through forest, up loose scree, and then disappears entirely.
—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
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Search and rescue teams located the body of the man, who has yet to be identified, about 130 feet down on a scree pile.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 10 Nov. 2025
The faint trail climbs through forest, up loose scree, and then disappears entirely.
—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
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 3 Dec. 2025.
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