stauchwall

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noun

The lower end of the loosened slab of snow in an avalanche.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounstauchwall (plural stauchwalls)

plural stauchwalls

  1. The lower end of the loosened slab of snow in an avalanche.

Origin

  1. GermanStauchwall
  2. Englishstauchwall

From German Stauchwall.

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stauchwall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stauchwall

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stauchwall,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stauchwall.

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