ASTHENOSPHERE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lower layer of the crust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("asthenosphere" is a kind of...):

layer (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)

Holonyms ("asthenosphere" is a part of...):

crust; Earth's crust (the outer layer of the Earth)

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