a mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain:
alpine villages destroyed in an avalanche * He was killed in an avalanche while skiing. * (figurative) We received an avalanche of letters in reply to our advertisement.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is avalanche a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, avalanche is tagged as noun.
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