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graben

graben noun: an elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the surrounding area.

graben: an elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the...
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Noun

graben (plural grabens or graben)

  1. An elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the surrounding area.
    • The magnitude and shape of the large grabens strongly suggest that, when they formed, material much more mobile than ordinary rocks was present at a depth no greater than a few miles.1959, Robert G. Yates, George A. Thompson, Geology and Quicksilver Deposits of the Terlingua District, Texas, U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 312, page 49
    • This system includes the Syrian and Lebanese grabens; the grabens of the Dead Sea, Wadi al Arabah, Gulfs of Aqaba and Suez, Red Sea, and Gulf of Aden; and the Ethiopian graben.1969, V. V. Beloussov, “Contintal Rifts”, in Pembroke J. Hart, editor, The Earth's Crust and Upper Mantle, page 539
    Antonyms:
    horst

Proper noun capitalized: Graben

Graben

  1. A municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.

graben meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

graben in Tamil

பிளவிடைப் பள்ளம்

graben in Vietnamese

elongated block of the Earth's crust that has dropped relative to the surrounding blocks
địa hào

Antonyms of graben

Forms of graben

pluralgrabens
pluralgraben

Origin of graben

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

Words formed from graben

Questions about graben

What does graben mean?
Graben means an elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the surrounding area.
What is graben in Tamil?
Graben in Tamil is பிளவிடைப் பள்ளம். See Graben meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is graben?
Graben can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of graben?
The plural of graben is grabens.

Words near graben in the dictionary

  1. grabblers
  2. grabbles
  3. grabbling
  4. grabby
  5. grabby arm
  6. graben
  7. Graben-Neudorf
  8. grabens
  9. Graber
  10. Grabers
  11. Grabert

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Adapted from Wiktionary: graben (page history and authors); Graben (page history and authors); graben (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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