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- [tuh-reyn, ter-eyn]
- /təˈreɪn, ˈtɛr eɪn/
- /tˈereɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tuh-reyn, ter-eyn]
- /təˈreɪn, ˈtɛr eɪn/
Definitions of terrane word
- noun terrane any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant. 1
- noun terrane a series of rock formations, esp one having a prevalent type of rock 0
- noun terrane an allochthonous, fault-bounded section of the earth's crust 0
- noun terrane a geologic formation or series of related formations 0
- noun terrane a region where a specific rock or group of rocks predominates 0
- noun terrane terrain (sense 1) 0
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Origin of terrane
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25; spelling variant of terrain
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Parts of speech for Terrane
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terrane popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
terrane usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for terrane
noun terrane
- alluvia — a deposit of sand, mud, etc., formed by flowing water.
- alluvium — a fine-grained fertile soil consisting of mud, silt, and sand deposited by flowing water on flood plains, in river beds, and in estuaries
- earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- glebe — Also called glebe land. Chiefly British. the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
- humus — the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth.
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