Icecube vs Avalanche - What's the difference?
icecube | avalanche |
As nouns the difference between icecube and avalanche is that icecube is (rare) while avalanche is a large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice. As a verb avalanche is to descend like an avalanche.
icecube English
Noun
( en noun)
(rare)
*2011 , , The Stand: Complete and uncut edition , p. 298:
- She began to listen for the clunk and drop of the icecubes again— She fought it off.
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avalanche Noun
( en noun)
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.
Anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity (like a barrage, blitz, etc).
Synonyms
* snowslide, snowslip
Verb
( avalanch)
To descend like an avalanche.
To come down upon; to overwhelm.
- The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.
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