graben
/ˈɡrɑːb(ə)n
/noun (plural same or grabens) Geology
An elongated block of the earth’s crust lying between two faults and displaced downwards relative to the blocks on either side, as in a rift valley.These faults bound horsts, grabens and tilted blocks....
- The area is characterized by a series of low-relief Jurassic horsts and graben.
- A graben is a down-dropped block of the crust resulting from extension, or pulling, of the crust.
Origin
Late 19th century: from German Graben 'a ditch'.
Rhymes
- raised mire
- raisedness
- raised pie
- raised ranch
- raised work
- raise hell
- raise hob
- raise one's eyebrows
- raise one's eyebrows (or an eyebrow)
- raise one's glass
- raise one's hand
- raise one's hat
- raise one's (or the) standard
- raise (or lower) one's sights
- raiser
- raiser-up
- raise the devil
- raise the roof
- raisin
- raisin bran
- raising agent
- raising bee
- raising cloth
- raising gig
- raising hammer