English Explanatory Dictionary

graben

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the surrounding area.
name
  1. A municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.

Word forms

graben grabens

Etymology

Borrowed from German Graben (“ditch”), from the verb graben (“to dig”).

Antonyms

horst

Related words

Graben-Neudorf

Derived words

half-graben horst and graben
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