Synonyms for talus

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tey-luh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪ ləs

Top 10 synonyms for talus

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Définition of talus

Origin : "anklebone," 1690s, from Latin talus "ankle, anklebone, knucklebone" (plural tali), related to Latin taxillus "a small die, cube" (they originally were made from the knucklebones of animals).

As in ankle : noun joint between leg and foot
As in hill : noun uprising of earth's surface; pile

Example sentences :

At the foot of the talus he stopped to listen, wondering how close behind him the water might be.
Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin

Talus, the nephew of Ddalus by his sister, is said in the viij.
Extract from : « The Way To Geometry » by Peter Ramus

Valley of the Rhone, with the waterfall of Sallenches, showing a talus of debris 261 27.
Extract from : « The Beauties of Nature » by Sir John Lubbock

Might they not belong merely to the talus of this bank of boulder-clay?
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Betsey » by Hugh Miller

The snow is in this case but a substitute for a normal mass of talus.
Extract from : « The Andes of Southern Peru » by Isaiah Bowman

But most men thought it must be Talus, the great giant who guarded Crete.
Extract from : « Children of the Dawn » by Elsie Finnimore Buckley

Other burials were in the open or in the talus slopes below the caves.
Extract from : « Aztec Ruins National Monument--New Mexico » by John M. Corbett

Here also it grows among the talus at the foot of limestone cliffs.
Extract from : « How to Know the Ferns » by Frances Theodora Parsons

Then Talus said, ‘Who are you, strange maiden, and where is this ichor of youth?’
Extract from : « The Heroes » by Charles Kingsley

And Talus tried to leap up, crying, ‘You have betrayed me, false witch-maiden!’
Extract from : « The Heroes » by Charles Kingsley

Antonyms for talus

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