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overthrust

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
over-thrust
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.

verb

Of a body of rock: to force itself over another.

Intransitive verb

adj

Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English thrust English overthrust From over- + thrust.

Usage

Inflected Forms

overthrusts (plural) overthrusts (present, singular) overthrusting (participle, present) overthrusted (participle, past) overthrusted (past)

Questions

What does overthrust mean?
A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.
Where does overthrust come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English thrust English overthrust From over- + thrust.

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