rockfall
1rockfall — [räk′fôl΄] n. 1. a landslide involving the fall of rocks 2. the pile of rocks formed by such a landslide: Sometimes rock fall …
2Rockfall — For the unincorporated village in the U.S. state of Connecticut, see Rockfall (village). Rockfall refers to quantities of rock falling freely from a cliff face. A rockfall is a fragment of rock (a block) detached by sliding, toppling, or falling …
3rockfall — /rok fawl /, n. 1. an act or instance of the falling of rock, as in a cave in or an avalanche. 2. a mass of rocks that have fallen: to be trapped under a rockfall. [1920 25; ROCK1 + FALL] * * * …
4rockfall — The mass movement process, associated sediments (rockfall deposit), or resultant landform characterized by a very rapid type of fall dominated by downslope movement of detached rock bodies which fall freely through the air or by leaps and… …
5Rockfall (village) — Rockfall is an unincorporated village comprising the northern section of the town of Middlefield, Connecticut …
6rockfall avalanche — The mass movement process, associated sediments (rockfall avalanche deposit), or resultant landform characterized by an extremely rapid, large type of flow (a type of landslide) that starts as a rockfall but turns into a flow and… …
7rockfall — noun Date: 1901 a mass of falling or fallen rocks …
8rockfall — noun A quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff etc …
9rockfall — The falling of bedrock from a cliff or steep slope [16] …
10rockfall — rock|fall [ˈrɔkfo:l US ˈra:kfo:l] n a pile of rocks that are falling or have fallen …
