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# avalanche

noun (an avalanche, avalanches)

«avalanche» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An avalanche is a huge mass of snow, ice and rocks that suddenly slides fast down a mountain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avalanche/#m1)
2. An avalanche of something is a sudden very large amount of it, as in an avalanche of letters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avalanche/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and safety lessons, avalanches happen after heavy snowfall or warm weather on steep slopes; skiers and climbers check avalanche warnings, carry beacons, and rescue dogs search for buried people. In everyday talk, an avalanche of homework or emails means too much at once.

### Examples

- An avalanche buried the mountain road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avalanche/#x1)
- Skiers must check the avalanche warning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avalanche/#x2)
- Rescue dogs found the climber after the avalanche. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avalanche/#x3)
- Loud noises do not usually start avalanches, despite the films. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avalanche/#x4)
- We got an avalanche of birthday cards. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avalanche/#x5)
- The teacher faced an avalanche of questions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avalanche/#x6)
- An avalanche had fallen, not upon Rudy and his uncle, but very near them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avalanche/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Myth: shouting rarely causes an avalanche; usually it is the weight of snow or a skier. A landslide is similar but of earth and rock.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «avalanche» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avalanche/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«avalanche» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/avalanche.html) on Mova free.