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downfault

noun

Etymology

From down- + fault.

  1. derived from falsus
  2. derived from *fallita✻
  3. derived from faute
  4. derived from faute
  5. inherited from faulte
  6. prefixed as downfault — “down + fault”

Definitions

  1. A graben (area sunken relative to surrounding land).

  2. To form a fault that is sunken relative to the surrounding land.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for downfault. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA