loess

«loess» in Mova's school dictionary: A very fine, yellowish-brown soil made of dust blown by… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (loess, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) (geography) A very fine, yellowish-brown soil made of dust blown by the wind, often after the Ice Age. tree →

2) It makes very fertile farmland but wears away easily. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons about soils and rocks, loess is wind-blown sediment; the Loess Plateau in China is famous, and the Yellow River gets its colour from loess. Phrases: the Loess Plateau, loess soil.

examples

• Loess is soil carried by the wind. tree →
• The Yellow River is yellow because of loess. tree →
• Farmers grow good crops on loess. tree →
• The Loess Plateau in China is covered with deep loess. tree →
• Loess can be washed away quickly by heavy rain. tree →
• Our geography teacher showed us a jar of fine loess. tree →

note

Uncountable. Pronounced LOH-es, LURSS or LESS. Comes from German. A specialist word in geography.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «loess» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.