horst

== English == === Etymology === From German Horst (“heap”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɔːst/ Rhymes: -ɔːst Homophone: horsed === Noun === horst (plural horsts) (geology) A block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised relative to the surrounding area. 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. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “area of earth's surface raised relative to surrounding land”): graben ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Stohr, trosh, hotṛs, Roths, thors, Stroh, Short, hotrs, short == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch horst, from Old Dutch *hurst, from Proto-West Germanic *hursti. Cognate with English horst and German Horst (“horst; eyrie”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === horst f (plural horsten, diminutive horstje n) (geology) an area of the earth's surface which is raised relative to surrounding land; a horst an elevated land overgrown with shrub a nest of a bird of prey; an eyrie ==== Derived terms ==== - toponyms: == French == === Noun === horst m (plural horsts) horst === Further reading === “horst”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012