NATURAL ELEVATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A raised or elevated geological formation

Synonyms:

elevation; natural elevation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("natural elevation" is a kind of...):

formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

Meronyms (parts of "natural elevation"):

incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "natural elevation"):

highland; upland (elevated (e.g., mountainous) land)

hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)

mount; mountain (a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill)

foreland; head; headland; promontory (a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea))

ridge (a long narrow natural elevation or striation)

swell (a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor))

Antonym:

natural depression (a sunken or depressed geological formation)