Associations to the word «Scree»

Wiktionary

SCREE, noun. (uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope.
SCREE, noun. A slope of such material at the base of a cliff, etc.
SCREE, verb. To flatten or level concrete, while still wet, and clear protruding stones and gravel from the surface.
SCREE, verb. To traverse scree.
SCREE, noun. A harsh high-pitched sound as of a hawk.
SCREE, verb. To make a high-pitched sound like that of a hawk.

Dictionary definition

SCREE, noun. A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats