Horst

//hɔːst// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised relative to the surrounding area.

    "The classic example has been the Rhine Valley graben with the Vosges Mountains and the Schwarzwald as adjacent horsts."

  2. 2
    a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Antonyms

All antonyms
graben

Example

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"Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told reporters Germany had set the goal of free travel in Europe by mid-June and would open borders with France, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Austria by Saturday."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From German Horst (“heap”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German and Dutch Horst.

Related phrases

horst and graben

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