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UPTHROW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does upthrow mean?
• UPTHROW (noun)
The noun UPTHROW has 1 sense:
1. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
Familiarity information: UPTHROW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
upheaval; uplift; upthrow; upthrust
Hypernyms ("upthrow" is a kind of...):
ascension; ascent; rise; rising (a movement upward)
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
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