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foredeep

American  
[fawr-deep, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌdip, ˈfoʊr- /

noun

Geology.
  1. an elongate sediment-filled sea-floor depression bordering an island arc or other orogenic belt.


Etymology

Origin of foredeep

First recorded in 1905–10; fore- + deep


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