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horsts

horsts is the plural of horst.

Meaning of horst

Noun

horst (plural horsts)

  1. A block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised relative to the surrounding area.
    • The classic example has been the Rhine Valley graben with the Vosges Mountains and the Schwarzwald as adjacent horsts.1927, George Rogers Mansfield, Geography, Geology, and Mineral Resources of Part of Southeastern Idaho, U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 152, page 390

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Proper noun capitalized: Horsts

Horsts

  1. (plural) plural of Horst

Questions about horsts

What is horsts the plural of?
Horsts is the plural of horst.
What part of speech is horsts?
Horsts is a proper noun.

Words near horsts in the dictionary

  1. Horsted Keynes
  2. Horstman
  3. Horstmann
  4. Horstmanns
  5. Horstmans
  6. horsts
  7. Horswell
  8. horsy
  9. hort.
  10. Horta
  11. hortation

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