Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rockflow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rock-flow
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A landslide of rocks; a downslope flow of rocks (compare earthflow).

Example Sentences

"[A] rockflow involving at least 1.5 million m3 of material moved down the Uchau-Su river valley into the sea within a day. Some mudflows are so viscous that they come to a halt in the stream channel. On slopes, soilflow or earthflow depend[…]"

Etymology

From rock + flow.

Inflected Forms

rockflows (plural)

Questions

What does rockflow mean?: A landslide of rocks; a downslope flow of rocks (compare earthflow).
Where does rockflow come from?: From rock + flow.

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