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fenster

American  
[fen-ster] / ˈfɛn stər /

noun

Geology.

  1. an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.

Etymology

Origin of fenster

1920–25; < German: literally, window; Old High German fënster < Latin fenestra

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