| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Block field | Geography | Thin accumulation of usually angular blocks, without fine sizes in the upper part, over solid or weathered bedrock, colluvium or alluvium, without a cliff or ledge above as an apparent source. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Block field | Mining | A thin accumulation of usually angular blocks, lying on bedrock without a cliff or ledge above as apparent source. Block fields occur on high mountain slopes above the tree line. Syn: felsenmeer. (references) | |
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