Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fold and thrust belt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: fold and thrust -belt
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A series of mountainous foothills adjacent to an orogenic belt, which forms due to contractional tectonics.

Inflected Forms

fold and thrust belts (plural)

Questions

What does fold and thrust belt mean?: A series of mountainous foothills adjacent to an orogenic belt, which forms due to contractional tectonics.

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