avalanchenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæv.əl.ɑːntʃ/us/ˈæv.əl.æntʃ/a large amount of ice, snow, and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain
too many things that arrive or happen at the same time:
We were swamped by an avalanche of letters/phone calls/complaints.
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Precipitation: snow & ice
- crevasse
- drift
- freeze
- frost
- frosty
- glacial
- glaciation
- ground frost
- hailstorm
- hoarfrost
- ice cap
- Jack Frost
- moraine
- pack ice
- permafrost
- slushy
- snow line
- snowdrift
- snowfall
- snowflake
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