horst
(noun) a ridge of the earth’s crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land
Source: WordNet® 3.1
horst (plural horsts)
(geology) An area of the earth's surface which is raised relative to surrounding land.
• (area of earth's surface raised relative to surrounding land): graben
• Short, Stohr, hotrs, short, thors, trosh
Source: Wiktionary
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
