loess.

A deposit of fine, mainly silt-sized sediment carried and laid down by wind.

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Words that belong together

• loess deposit
• loess soil
• loess plateau

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Wind had laid deep loess across the plateau.

The path cut through a pale bank of loess.

Rain carved narrow channels into the exposed loess.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Mass noun; no ordinary plural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.