Definition of "scree" [scree]

• Loose rock debris covering a slope. (noun)
• A slope of loose rock debris at the base of a steep incline or cliff. (noun)

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• ""Our primary concern is people getting onto snowfields with running shoes on and these snowfields have large runouts down into what we call scree slopes or boulder fields.""
• "But we learned to 'scree' - which is kind of like skiing down a scree slope."
• "Below, a precipitous slope of small stones that the dalesmen call a scree ran down to a hollow strewn with broken rocks, and across this he could distinguish the blurred flat top of another height."