Meanings
flysch1
nounflysch (plural flysches)
plural flysches
- geographyA series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.
Most of the structures and textures observed at Ponkapoag section have been noted in turbitite and flysch sequences.
1934, Gerald E. Schultz, Geology and Paleontology of a Late Pleistocene Basin in Southwest Kansas, page 232
Flysch2
nounFlysch (uncountable)
- uncountablegeographyA set of tertiary strata in the Alps.
The lower part of the rock section over which you have just climbed is the Flysch: dark grey slaty rocks that come out in small shards if you pick at them with your fingers.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 84
Origin
- Germanfließen“to flow, to melt”
- Englishflysch
From German fließen (“to flow, to melt”).
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto fliŝo
- fliŝoseries of sandstones and schists
French flysch
- flyschseries of sandstones and schists
German Flysch
- Flyschseries of sandstones and schists
Greek φλύσχης
- φλύσχης (flýschis)series of sandstones and schists
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with flysch
wishdishpunishishswishradishFrischtishkishgishbishdelishAntigonishnishshishwhishghotiknishCounty of AntigonishJew-ishslish
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