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HORST
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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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