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loess
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[lʊəs], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a loosely compacted yellowish-grey deposit of wind-blown sediment of which extensive deposits occur e.g. in eastern China and the American Midwest
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Origin
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mid 19th century: from German Löss, from Swiss German lösch ‘loose’
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