Horst

/hɔːst/

Synonyms for "horst" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
fault blockforename

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
given namename

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
proper nounraised blockuplifted block

Related word relations

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More general

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Earth's crustcrustgeologic structurepersonal nameproper nountectonic feature

More specific

2 entries
German given nameGerman surname

Collocations

5 entries
German given name HorstHorst family namegiven name Horstmale given name Horstsurname Horst

Inflections

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Sample sentences

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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.

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

Source: wiktionary

1963, F. Geukens, S. D. Bowers (translator), Geology of the Arabian Peninsula: Yemen, U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 560-B, page B19, Innumerable faults, in fact, cut through the country, many bounding secondary grabens and horsts.

Source: wiktionary

Your body is a horst and mine a graben, because horst is the opposite of graben.

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