Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forearc

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: fore-arc
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A region of raised rock debris which forms between the subduction zone and any associated volcano or volcanic chain.

Example Sentences

"These offshore Sonoman mountains likely formed an orogenic (mountainous) barrier to moisture inland, resulting in a mountain-shadow onshore desert punctuated by regional annual and large basin perennial streams draining into a forearc saline sea."

Etymology

Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcus Old French arcbor. Middle English ark English arc English forearc From fore- + arc.

Inflected Forms

forearcs (plural)

Questions

What does forearc mean?: A region of raised rock debris which forms between the subduction zone and any associated volcano or volcanic chain.
Where does forearc come from?: Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcus Old French arcbor. Middle English ark English arc English forearc From fore- + arc.

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