| NOUN | object | Earth's crust, crust | the outer layer of the Earth |
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| Meaning | The outer layer of the Earth. | |
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| Synonym | crust | |
| Part of | lithosphere, geosphere | The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle |
| Parts | asthenosphere | The lower layer of the crust |
| Narrower | horst | A ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land |
| plate, crustal plate | A rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly | |
| Broader | layer | A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another |
| Substances | sial | The granitelike rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust |
| sima | rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust | |
| Spanish | corteza, corteza terrestre | |
| Catalan | escorça terrestre | |
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