LITHOSPHERE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle

Synonyms:

geosphere; lithosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

layer (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)

Meronyms (parts of "lithosphere"):

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

mantle (the layer of the earth between the crust and the core)

Earth's surface; surface (the outermost level of the land or sea)

Part meronym:

earth; globe; world (the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on)