DIAPIR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

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