English Explanatory Dictionary

downfault

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A graben (area sunken relative to surrounding land).
verb
  1. To form a fault that is sunken relative to the surrounding land.

Word forms

downfault downfaults downfaulting downfaulted

Etymology

From down- + fault.

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