rockfall: Meaning and Definition of

rock•fall

Pronunciation: (rok'fôl"), [key]
— n.
  1. an act or instance of the falling of rock, as in a cave-in or an avalanche.
  2. a mass of rocks that have fallen: to be trapped under a rockfall.
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