FAULT BLOCK MOUNTAIN

Meaning of FAULT BLOCK MOUNTAIN in English

A mountain mass created either by the uplift of land between faults or the subsidence of land outside the faults.

English glossary Of Geography. Английский глоссарий географии. 2012

MOUNTAIN — I Landform that rises well above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local …
Английский словарь Британика
MOUNTAIN
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
BLOCK — I. ˈbläk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English blok, from Middle French bloc, from Middle Dutch blok; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — (a.) Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to …
Английский словарь Webster
MOUNTAIN — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN
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
BLOCK — — blockable , adj. /blok/ , n. 1. a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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
MOUNTAIN — noun a mountainlike mass; something of great bulk. 2. mountain ·adj like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great. 3. mountain …
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
BLOCK — add. ·noun a block hole. 2. block ·vt the pattern or shape of a hat. 3. block ·add. ·noun the …
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
MOUNTAIN — landform that rises prominently above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local relief. …
Britannica English vocabulary
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
MOUNTAIN — mountain BrE AmE ˈmaʊnt ɪn -ən AmE \ - ə n —In singing sometimes -eɪn ▷ mountain|s z ▶ ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — / ˈmaʊntən; NAmE ˈmaʊntn/ noun 1. a very high hill, often with rocks near the top : a chain / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAULT — / fɔːlt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun RESPONSIBILITY 1. [ U ] fault (that ... ) | fault …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLOCK — / blɒk; NAmE blɑːk/ noun , verb ■ noun SOLID MATERIAL 1. [ C ] a large piece of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — moun ‧ tain S3 W3 /ˈmaʊntən, ˈmaʊntɪn $ ˈmaʊnt ə n/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: …
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
BLOCK — I. block 1 S2 W2 /blɒk $ blɑːk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: verb : ↑ block , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOUNTAIN — n. 1 a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large or high …
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
BLOCK — n., v., & adj. --n. 1 a solid hewn or unhewn piece of hard material, esp. of rock, stone, or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOUNTAIN — n. 1 a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large or high …
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
BLOCK — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a solid hewn or unhewn piece of hard material, esp. of rock, stone, or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — n.1 a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large or high and …
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
BLOCK — n., v., & adj. --n. 1. a solid hewn or unhewn piece of hard material, esp. of rock, stone, or …
Oxford English vocab
MOUNTAIN — ( mountains) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A mountain is a …
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
BLOCK — ( blocks, blocking, blocked) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A block …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coastal/desert/mountain etc environment ▪ The storm caused significant damage to the coastal environment. a …
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
BLOCK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a block grant American English (= money given by the central government to state …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOUNTAIN — [noun] [C] - a raised part of the Earth's surface, larger than a hill, the top of which might be …
Cambridge English vocab
MOUNTAIN — n. mountain sheep mountain lion Mountain Man mountain climbing mountain sickness Bernese mountain dog Kings Mountain Battle of Landis Kenesaw …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOUNTAIN — noun 1 very high hill ADJECTIVE ▪ big , great , high , large , tall , towering ▪ 1 000 m …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — • ↑ a mountain of • ↑ make a mountain out of a molehill
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
MOUNTAIN — n. 25B6; noun a range of mountains : PEAK, height, mount, prominence, summit, pinnacle, alp; ( mountains ) range, massif, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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
MOUNTAIN — 1. сущ. 1) гора to climb, scale a mountain ≈ восходить на гору high mountains ≈ высокие горы snow-covered mountains …
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
BLOCK — 1. сущ. 1) а) блок; глыба; строительный блок Syn : brick, bar б) колода, чурбан building block ≈ блок для …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOUNTAIN — mountain.ogg ʹmaʋntın n 1. гора mountain chain /range/ stream, pass, air, climate, plants, flowers - горная цепь речка, -ый перевал, …
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
BLOCK — block.ogg _I 1. blɒk n 1. 1> чурбан; колода starting blocks - спорт. стартовые колодки 2> (каменная) глыба 2. ист. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FAULT — 1) повреждение; отказ; неисправность; неполадка 2) дефект 3) ошибка 4) сдвиг ( горной породы ) 5) короткое замыкание; обрыв; нарушение …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BLOCK — 1) преграда; затор || перекрывать; заклинивать(ся) 2) засорять(ся); забивать(ся); закупоривать(ся) 3) блок; узел; модуль 4) горн. блок; выемочный участок 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FAULT — 1) повреждение; отказ; неисправность; неполадка 2) дефект 3) ошибка 4) сдвиг (горной породы) 5) короткое замыкание; обрыв; нарушение (пробой) изоляции 6) пищ. лесн. порок • fault to …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BLOCK — 1) преграда; затор || перекрывать; заклинивать(ся) 2) засорять(ся); забивать(ся); закупоривать(ся) 3) блок; узел; модуль 4) горн. блок; выемочный участок 5) горн. глыба 6) блок (сдаваемый …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
MOUNTAIN — 1) гора 2) горный 3) горский • - mountain aneroid - mountain observatory - mountain river - mountain terrain
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
FAULT — 1) повреждение; отказ 2) неисправность; неполадка 3) ошибка 4) дефект; недостаток; порок; изъян 5) сбой; перебой; нарушение 6) геол. сброс, разлом, сдвиг; нарушение структуры • - chassis …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BLOCK — 1) блок || блочный across blocks — между блоками to place rope in block — закладывать трос в блок to skim into blocks …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
MOUNTAIN — mountain сущ.1) гора to climb, scale a mountain — восходить на гору high mountains — высокие горы snow-covered mountains — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BLOCK — block сущ.1) а) колода, чурбан between the beetle and the block идиом. — между молотом и наковальней б) истор. плаха …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MOUNTAIN — n 1. гора mountain chain /range/ stream, pass, air, climate, plants, flowers - горная цепь речка, -ый перевал, -ый воздух, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FAULT — 1. fɔ:lt n 1. недостаток, дефект an essential fault in /of/ a theory - существенный недостаток теории a fault in …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BLOCK — _I 1. blɒk n 1. 1> чурбан; колода starting blocks - спорт. стартовые колодки 2> (каменная) глыба 2. ист. плаха …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

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