"horst" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hɔːst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-horst.wav Forms: horsts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːst Etymology: From German Horst (“heap”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Horst||heap}} German Horst (“heap”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} horst (plural horsts)
  1. (geology) An area of the earth's surface which is raised relative to surrounding land. Wikipedia link: horst Categories (topical): Geology Categories (place): Landforms Translations (raised portion of Earth's surface): hrást (Czech), horsti (Finnish), Horst [masculine] (German), Horstscholle [feminine] (German), zrąb tektoniczny [masculine] (Polish), horst [masculine] (Portuguese), macizo tectónico [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1963, F. Geukens, S. D. Bowers (translator), Geology of the Arabian Peninsula: Yemen, U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 560-B, page B19,\nInnumerable faults, in fact, cut through the country, many bounding secondary grabens and horsts."
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      "sense": "raised portion of Earth's surface",
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