Antonyms for talus


Grammar : Noun
Spell : tey-luh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪ ləs


Definition 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

Synonyms for talus

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