anticline
/ˈæntiklaɪn/
anticline noun: a fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.
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Noun
anticline (plural anticlines)
anticline meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Persian
anticline in Hindi
- anticlinal fold
- अपनति apnati
anticline in Tamil
- மல் வளைவு, மல்முகமடுப்பு, நில அரக்கின் வளைமடிப்பு, மேல்வளைவு
anticline in Malayalam
- anticlinal fold
- അപനതി apanati
anticline in Persian
- anticlinal fold
- تاقدیس
More languagesFewer languages
- anticline in Vietnamese
- nếp uốn lồi, nếp lồi
Synonyms of anticline
Forms of anticline
| plural | anticlines |
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Origin of anticline
From anti- + -cline.
Words formed from anticline
Questions about anticline
- What does anticline mean?
- Anticline means a fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.
- What is anticline in Hindi?
- Anticline in Hindi is अपनति (apnati). See Anticline meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is anticline?
- Anticline is a noun.
- How do you pronounce anticline?
- Anticline is pronounced /ˈæntiklaɪn/.
- What is the plural of anticline?
- The plural of anticline is anticlines.
Words near anticline in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: anticline (page history and authors); anticline (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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