Definitions
a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range
Word origin
Borrowed from French massif, from Middle French massif, ultimately from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”).
Used in a sentence
“Some deposits of iron ore are scattered along the edges of the massif in south - central France.”
“The southern portion of the zone from the Maritime Alps to the Pelvoux massif is complicated by the movements which have accompanied the formation of the mountains of Provence.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Mountain block”6 letters
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