downthrow

Meaning of downthrow

verb
  1. displace (a rock formation) downwards.
    in the downthrown areas the carbonates have escaped exposure

noun

a downward displacement of rock strata.

Information about downthrow

  • The plural form of downthrow is: downthrows.
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Hyphenation of downthrow

down-throw

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • downthrow is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of downthrow

throwdown

Words that rhyme with downthrow

shrow, Heathrow, inthrow, misthrow, outthrow, overthrow, preoverthrow, rethrow, throw, upthrow, windthrow

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