loess

About 0.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.

Similar words

loam lowan aeolianite eolianite lutite silt olistostrome mudrock eolith pedosediment

Often followed by

and is plateau deposits in of soil soils hills

Word family

loesses loessial