HORST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("horst" is a kind of...):

crust; Earth's crust (the outer layer of the Earth)

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