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Collocations for slope - noun

ADJ.

precipitous, severe, sheer, steep | gentle, gradual, slight | long, short | downhill, downward | uphill, upward | higher, upper
There was snow on the higher slopes of the mountain.
lower | northern, north-facing, etc.
The vineyards on the south-facing slopes get more sunshine.
open | forested, grassy, icy, rocky, scree, smooth, snow-covered/snowy, wooded | mountain | dry, nursery, ski
dry-slope skiing Some tourists were having a skiing lesson on the nursery slope.
negative, positive
The unemployment-income curve on the graph has a negative slope.
slippery
(figurative) Once he''d tried that first cigarette, he was on the slippery slope to being a smoker.

VERB + SLOPE

ascend, clamber up, climb (up)
We clambered up the steep, rocky slope.
descend | have
The football pitch has a slope of about one metre.

SLOPE + VERB

lead (up/down) to sth
a slope leading down to the river
fall, rise
The lower slopes rise quite gently.
steepen | flatten, level off

PREP.

down a/the ~
I scrambled down the icy slope.
on a/the ~
We camped on an open mountain slope.
up a/the ~
There were more skiers further up the slope.

PHRASES

the angle of slope
the angle of slope of the sides of the pyramid
the bottom/foot/top of a slope

Collocations for slope - verb

ADV.

steeply
The ground slopes away steeply at the back of the house.
gently, slightly | away, down, downwards, up, upwards

PREP.

to
The field slopes down to a small river.
towards

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