Definitions for Flysch

Flysch flysch

Spelling: [flish]
IPA: /flɪʃ/

Flysch is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in Flysch (cfhlsy).

Definitions for Flysch

noun

  1. an association of certain types of marine sedimentary rocks characteristic of deposition in a foredeep.

Origin of Flysch

1845-55; German Swiss German flīsch referring to such deposits in the Swiss Alps; perhaps akin to Swabian dial. flins slate (akin to flint)

Examples for Flysch

flysch, representing both the Cretaceous and Eocene systems, is widely distributed.

flysch and Vienna sandstone, with younger nummulitic beds and Hring group.

Lenticular intercalations of gabbro, diabase, &c., occur in the flysch in Calabria on the Pyrenees.

Word Value for Flysch
Scrable

17

Words with friends

17

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