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terrane

ter·rane
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tuh-reyn, ter-eyn]
    • /təˈreɪn, ˈtɛr eɪn/
    • /tˈereɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

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".

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Synonyms 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.

Top questions with terrane

  • what is a terrane?
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  • what type of mountain forms due to terrane accretion?

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