MASSIF


Meaning of MASSIF in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ma-ˈsēf ]

noun

Etymology: French, from massif, adjective, from Middle French, alteration of Old French massiz

Date: 1873

1. : a principal mountain mass

2. : a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change

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