diapirs

Meaning of diapirs

plural noun

a domed rock formation in which a core of rock has moved upward to pierce the overlying strata.

early 20th century: from Greek diapeirainein ‘pierce through’, from dia ‘through’ + peirainein (from peran ‘pierce’).

Information about diapirs

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of diapirs is: diapir.
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Hyphenation of diapirs

di-apirs

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • diapirs is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of diapirs

dispair

Words that rhyme with diapirs

pirs, tapirs

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