HyperDic: crustal_plate

English > 1 sense of the expression crustal plate:
NOUNobjectcrustal plate, platea rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
English > crustal plate: 1 sense > noun 1, object
MeaningA rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly.
Synonymplate
Broadercrust, Earth's crustThe outer layer of the Earth

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