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NATURAL ELEVATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A raised or elevated geological formation
Synonyms:
elevation; natural elevation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("natural elevation" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
Meronyms (parts of "natural elevation"):
incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "natural elevation"):
highland; upland (elevated (e.g., mountainous) land)
hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)
mount; mountain (a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill)
foreland; head; headland; promontory (a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea))
ridge (a long narrow natural elevation or striation)
swell (a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor))
Antonym:
natural depression (a sunken or depressed geological formation)
