单词 | head wall |
释义 | head wallnouna cliff or steep slope rising at one end of a glaciated valley. Origin of head wallFirst recorded in 1640–1650 for an earlier sense “retaining wall built in front or on top of a structure”; current sense dates from 1790–1800 Words nearby head wallhead trip, head up, head-up display, head voice, headwaiter, head wall, headward, headwards, headwaters, headway, headwear Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for head wall
Scientific definitions for head wallheadwall [ hĕd′wôl′ ] A steep slope or precipice rising at the head of a valley or glacial cirque. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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