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‖ massif|ˈmæsɪf|
Also 6 -ife.
[Fr.: subst. use (in various applications) of massif massive a.]
a. A block of building.
b. ? A mass of stone.
c. A mass or clump of plants or shrubs.
d. A large mountain-mass; the central mass of a mountain; a compact and more or less independent portion of a range.
1524in Hakluyt's Voy. (1599) II. i. 86 The sayd trauerses and repaires..beganne at the massife of Spaine made by the reuerend lord great master Mery d'Amboise, & ended at the church of S. Saluador. 1862Ansted Channel Isl. ii. xi. 282 The massif of the north pier at St. Peter's Port. 1885Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) 40 A large block of mountain ground, rising into one or more dominant summits, and more or less distinctly defined by longitudinal and traverse valleys, is termed in French a massif—a word for which there is no good English equivalent. 1888Blackw. Mag. Aug. 219 Those monsters of horticulture known as massifs. 1899Nature 15 June 152/2 The central part of the massif..of Mont Blanc consists of a granitoid rock called protogine. 1899Ibid. 2 Nov. 20/2 The formation of a dune tract or dune massif appears to be chiefly determined by the presence of ground moisture. 1966New Statesman 13 May 701/2 Martin proposes to remove everything in favour of his uniform massif of offices. 1973Times 9 Jan. 12/7 There must, dear God, be something between slums and concrete massifs. |