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Horst

//hɔːst// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From German Horst (“heap”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German and Dutch Horst.

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