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tablemount

tablemount noun: a seamount with a flat top; synonym of guyot.

Noun

tablemount (plural tablemounts)

  1. A seamount with a flat top; synonym of guyot.
    • The theory that the tablemounts were decapitated by great oscillations of sea level, owing to water becoming locked up in ice caps or to some other cause, seems to be definitely ruled out, since the peaks are not concordant.1959 January, Robert S. Dietz, “Drowned Ancient Islands of the Pacific”, in New Scientist, volume 5, number 111, page 16
    • This study recommended establishment as preserves an abyssal trench, an underseas tablemount, and an atoll.1966, Naturalist - Volumes 17-19, page 257

Forms of tablemount

pluraltablemounts

Origin of tablemount

Blend of table + seamount.

Questions about tablemount

What does tablemount mean?
Tablemount means a seamount with a flat top; synonym of guyot.
What part of speech is tablemount?
Tablemount is a noun.
What is the plural of tablemount?
The plural of tablemount is tablemounts.

Words near tablemount in the dictionary

  1. tablemates
  2. tablemats
  3. tablemen
  4. tablement
  5. tablements
  6. tablemount
  7. tablemounts
  8. tablenapkin
  9. tableness
  10. tabler
  11. tablero

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