horst

English

Etymology

German Horst (“heap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɔːst/

Noun

Wikipedia horst (plural horsts)

1. (geology) an area of the earth's surface which is raised relative to surrounding land
   • 1968, Anthony Burgess, Enderby Outside, page 83:

     Your body is a horst and mine a graben, because horst is the opposite of graben.

Antonyms

• graben

Anagrams

• short
• thors
• trosh

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Dutch

Etymology

Cognate with English horst and German Horst (“horst; eyrie”).

Noun

horst f (plural horsten, diminutive horstje)

1. (geology) an area of the earth's surface which is raised relative to surrounding land; a horst
2. an elevated land overgrown with shrub
3. a nest of a bird of prey; an eyrie