scree vs windrow

scree

noun
  • Loose stony debris on a slope. 

  • Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc. 

  • A coarse sieve. 

  • A harsh, high-pitched sound or cry (as of a hawk). 

  • A slope made up of loose stony debris at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc. 

verb
  • To flatten or level concrete while still wet, and remove protruding gravel and stones from the surface. 

  • To traverse scree downhill. 

  • To make a high-pitched cry like that of a hawk. 

windrow

noun
  • A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade. 

  • The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it. 

  • A ridge or berm at a perimeter 

  • A long snowbank along the side of a road. 

  • A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind. 

  • A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation. 

  • A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade. 

  • A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. 

verb
  • To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows. 

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