overthrust belt
noun (sometimes initial capital letters) Geology.
an elongate area in which thick rock layers have been pushed over one another by compressional forces within the earth's crust.
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Nearby words
- overtask,
- overtax,
- overthink,
- overthrow,
- overthrust,
- overtime,
- overtire,
- overtired,
- overtly,
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