talus

About 0.75 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The bone of the ankle.
2. noun A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
3. noun The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.

Similar words

anklebone astragalus astragal scree ankle swell shoulder slide berm slope

Often followed by

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Word family

tali taluses