SAN ANDREAS FAULT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

break; fault; faulting; fracture; geological fault; shift ((geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other)

Holonyms ("San Andreas Fault" is a part of...):

CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)

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