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kranz

kranz is the alternative form of krantz.

Meaning of krantz

Noun

krantz (plural krantzes)

  1. An encircling or overhanging wall of rock.
    • The awful silence of this sepulchral place was presently , as we rested for ten minutes , broken by a posse of baboons , who having espied us from their krantzes above, came shoggling down to see what we were.1889, Henry Anderson Bryde, Kloof and Karroo: Sport, Legend and Natural History in Cape Colony

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Forms of kranz

pluralkranzes

Questions about kranz

What is kranz the alternative form of?
Kranz is the alternative form of krantz.

Words near kranz in the dictionary

  1. krantikari
  2. krantikaris
  3. krantz
  4. krantzes
  5. krantzite
  6. kranz
  7. Kranzberg
  8. kranzes
  9. Krapf
  10. krapfen
  11. krapfens

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