avalanche [avalanches] (large sliding mass of snow and ice) noun [UK: ˈæ.və.lɑːntʃ] [US: ˈæ.və.ˌlæntʃ] | aludnoun {m}The gravedigger was left by an avalanche. = Quedó sepultado por un alud. avalanchanoun {f}He was killed in the avalanche. = El murió en la avalancha. |