English Explanatory Dictionary

loess

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.
noun
  1. Acronym of locally estimated scatterplot smoothing.

Pronunciation

/lɜːs/ /ˈləʊɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-loess.wav /ˈloʊ.əs/ /lɛs/ /lʌs/

Word forms

loess loesses löss

Etymology

Borrowed from German Löss (“yellowish-gray soil”), from Alemannic German lösch (“loose”). Cognate with German los and English lease.

Derived words

loessial loessal loessic loessification loessland Loess Plateau
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