FAULT-LINE SCARP

Meaning of FAULT-LINE SCARP in English

A steep slope produced along an old fault line by differential weathering and erosion, rather than by fault movement.

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FAULT-LINE SCARP — noun : a cliff or escarpment resulting from the erosion of soft rock that has been brought against hard rock …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCARP — scarpe (-at)
English interlingue dictionary
SCARP — noun Etymology: Italian ~a Date: 1589 the inner side of a ditch below the parapet of a fortification, 2. a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCARP — I. noun or scarpe ˈskärp ( -s ) Etymology: Old North French escarpe sash, sling — more at scarf heraldry …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LINE — I. ˈlīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English līn — more at linen 1. a. archaic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FAULT — I. ˈfȯlt, archaic ˈfȯt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English faute, faulte, from Old French faute, from (assumed) Vulgar …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCARP — (v. t.) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
Английский словарь Webster
SCARP — (n.) A steep descent or declivity.
Английский словарь Webster
SCARP — (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
Английский словарь Webster
SCARP — (n.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
Английский словарь Webster
SCARP — ( v. t. ) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARP — ( n. ) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARP — ( n. ) A steep descent or declivity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARP — ( n. ) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARP — /skahrp/ , n. 1. a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LINE — line 1 — linable, lineable , adj. — lineless , adj. — linelike , adj. /luyn/ , n. , v. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FAULT — /fawlt/ , n. 1. a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARP — v. form a steep slope, form a cliff
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SCARP — n. steep cliff caused by erosion or by a major shift in the earth's crust; inner slope of the trench …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FAULT — I. ˈfȯlt, in poetry also ˈfȯt noun Etymology: Middle English faute, falte, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * fallita, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCARP — noun Etymology: Italian scarpa Date: 1589 1. : the inner side of a ditch below the parapet of a fortification …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCARP — noun a steep descent or declivity. 2. scarp ·noun the slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp. 3. …
Webster English vocab
LINE
Webster English vocab
FAULT — noun defect; want; lack; default. 2. fault ·noun a lost scent; act of losing the scent. 3. fault ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
SCARP — ■ noun a very steep bank or slope; an e~ment. ↘the inner wall of a ditch in a fortification. ■ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SCARP — [scarp] n [It scarpa] (1589) 1: the inner side of a ditch below the parapet of a fortification 2. a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FAULT — [fault] n [ME faute, fr. MF, fr. (assumed) VL fallita, fr. fem. of fallitus, pp. of L fallere to deceive, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FAULT — in geology, fracture in the rocks of the Earth's crust, where compressional or tensional forces cause the rocks on the …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCARP — scarp BrE AmE skɑːp AmE skɑːrp ▷ scarped skɑːpt AmE skɑːrpt ▷ scarping ˈskɑːp ɪŋ AmE ˈskɑːrp ɪŋ ▷ scarps …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCARP — / skɑːp; NAmE skɑːrp/ noun ( technical ) a very steep slope •• WORD ORIGIN late 16th cent. (with reference …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LINE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAULT — / fɔːlt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun RESPONSIBILITY 1. [ U ] fault (that ... ) | fault …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCARP — scarp /skɑːp $ skɑːrp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Italian ; Origin: scarpa ] a line …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LINE — I. line 1 S1 W1 /laɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Partly from Old French ligne , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FAULT — I. fault 1 S2 W3 /fɔːlt $ fɒːlt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ faultless , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCARP — n. & v. --n. 1 the inner wall or slope of a ditch in a fortification (cf. COUNTERSCARP). 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LINE — n. & v. --n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FAULT — n. & v. --n. 1 a defect or imperfection of character or of structure, appearance, etc. 2 a break or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCARP — n. & v. n. 1 the inner wall or slope of a ditch in a fortification (cf. COUNTERSCARP). 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LINE — n. & v. n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FAULT — n. & v. n. 1 a defect or imperfection of character or of structure, appearance, etc. 2 a break or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCARP — n. & v. --n. 1. the inner wall or slope of a ditch in a fortification (cf. COUNTERSCARP). 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
LINE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use …
Oxford English vocab
FAULT — n. & v. --n. 1. a defect or imperfection of character or of structure, appearance, etc. 2 a break or …
Oxford English vocab
LINE — ( lines, lining, lined) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A line …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAULT — ( faults, faulting, faulted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCARP — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Also, the short scarps opposite the Caloris impact could be the result of seismic waves …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LINE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a boundary line ▪ There was some disagreement about the exact position of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FAULT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a design fault/flaw (= a part of something that does not work well or …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCARP
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCARP — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SCARP — noun Scarp is used after these nouns: ↑ fault
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LINE — INDEX: 1. a line on paper 2. a line of colour 3. a line on the ground or on the …
Longman Activator English vocab
FAULT — See ↑ FAULT 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be at fault • ↑ be not sb's fault • ↑ be sb's …
Longman Activator English vocab
FAULT — INDEX: something wrong 1. something wrong with a machine, system, plan etc 2. a fault in someone’s character when somebody …
Longman Activator English vocab
FAULT — (Geology) A fracture in rock along which movement can be demonstrated. A fracture in the earth's crust forming a boundary …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
SCARP — 1. сущ. 1) откос, обрыв 2) воен. эскарп 2. гл. 1) скашивать, делать отвесным 2) воен. эскарпировать (военное) (строительство) эскарп; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LINE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) линия, черта; штрих to draw a line ≈ провести линию fine, thin line ≈ тонкая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FAULT — 1. сущ. 1) а) прям. перен. дефект, недостаток An essential fault of the Pythagorean theory. ≈ Существенный недостаток пифагорейской теории. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCARP — scarp.ogg 1. skɑ:p n 1. воен. , стр. эскарп; крутой откос 2. геол. уступ 2. skɑ:p v 1. делать отвесным …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LINE — line.ogg _I 1. laın n 1. 1> линия ( тж. мат. ) straight bent, curved line - прямая изогнутая, кривая …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FAULT — fault.ogg 1. fɔ:lt n 1. недостаток, дефект an essential fault in /of/ a theory - существенный недостаток теории a fault …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LINE — 1) линия || проводить линии, линовать 2) матем. прямая 3) черта; штрих || штриховать 4) контур, очертание 5) кривая ( …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FAULT — 1) повреждение; отказ; неисправность; неполадка 2) дефект 3) ошибка 4) сдвиг ( горной породы ) 5) короткое замыкание; обрыв; нарушение …
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