English Explanatory Dictionary

stoss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Facing towards the flow of a glacier or fluid.
  2. Used to describe one side of roche moutonnée.
  3. Used to describe one side of a subaerial dune or subaqueous ripple in sediment.
name
  1. A mountain pass and locality in Appenzell Innerrhoden canton and Appenzell Ausserrhoden canton, Switzerland.

Word forms

stoss

Etymology

Borrowed from German stoss-, from stossen (“to push”). Further from Proto-Germanic *stautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (extended from *(s)tew-).

Antonyms

lee

Derived words

stoss therapy

Translations

Czech: návětrný
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