Massif

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A large mountain mass or compact group of connected mountains forming an independent portion of a range.
  • n. A large section or block of the earth's crust that is more rigid than the surrounding rock and has been moved or displaced as a unit.
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  • n. A principal mountain mass.
  • n. A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change; normally consists of gneisses and schists
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A central mountain-mass; the dominant part of a range of mountains; a part of a range which appears, from the position of the depressions by which it is more or less isolated, to form an independent whole; also, an orographic block or fault-block (German scholle); a band or zone of rocks raised or depressed between two largely developed parallel faults.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    geological formation    formation   
    Hyponym
    Massif Central   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Leif    aperitif    bas-relief    beef    belief   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    d'otrante    calcaire    chapitre    spath    esclave   
     
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