avalanche

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avalanche

US /ˈæv.əl.æntʃ/ 
UK /ˈæv.əl.ɑːnʃ/ 

a large amount of snow and ice that suddenly falls down a mountain

بهمن
Persian equivalent: 

Two skiers were killed in the avalanche.

دو اسکی باز براثر ریزش بهمن کشته شدند.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

avalanche

avalanche /ˈævəlɑːntʃ $ -læntʃ/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: French dialect lavantse, avalantse]
1. a large mass of snow, ice, and rocks that falls down the side of a mountain:
Two skiers were killed in the avalanche.
2. an avalanche of something a very large number of things such as letters, messages etc that arrive suddenly at the same time:
The school received an avalanche of applications.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

avalanche

 

ava·lanche [avalanche avalanches avalanched avalanching]   [ˈævəlɑːnʃ]    [ˈævəlæntʃ]  (NAmE also snow·slide) noun

a mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain

• alpine villages destroyed in an avalanche

• He was killed in an avalanche while skiing.

• (figurative) We received an avalanche of letters in reply to our advertisement.

See also: snowslide 

 

Word Origin:

late 18th cent.: from French, alteration of the Alpine dialect word lavanche (of unknown origin), influenced by avaler ‘descend’; compare with Italian valanga.

 

Example Bank:

• They died in an avalanche.

• They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.

• We've been almost buried under the avalanche of letters.

• the avalanche of lawlessness threatening to engulf our civilization

• The issue has generated an avalanche of controversy.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

avalanche

avalanche /ˈæv.əl.ɑːntʃ/ US /-æntʃ/
noun [C]
1 a large amount of ice, snow and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain

2 the sudden arrival of too many things:
We were swamped by an avalanche of letters/phone calls/complaints

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