HANGING WALL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The upper wall of an inclined fault

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("hanging wall" is a kind of...):

wall (anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect)

Holonyms ("hanging wall" is a part of...):

inclined fault (a geological fault in which one side is above the other)

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