Usually means: Uplifted block between parallel faults.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. horst: Merriam-Webster
  2. horst: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. horst: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. horst: Collins English Dictionary
  5. horst: Vocabulary.com
  6. Horst, horst: Wordnik
  7. horst: Wiktionary
  8. horst: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. horst: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. horst: Dictionary.com
  11. Horst (geology), Horst (given name): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. horst: Rhymezone
  13. horst: FreeDictionary.org
  14. horst: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. horst: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Horst: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. horst: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. horst: A Word A Day
  2. horst: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Earthquake Image Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Field Trip to Mars (No longer online)
  3. horst: Dictionary of Geology
  4. Geography Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Horst: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Horst)

noun:  (geology) A block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised relative to the surrounding area.
noun:  A surname.

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