temblor (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *temblor*:
NOUN	event	temblor, earthquake, quake, seism	shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

temblor > pronunciation
Sounds	teh'mbler
Rhymes	alveolar ... Ziegler: 240 rhymes with ler...

English > *temblor*: 1 sense > noun 1, event
Meaning	shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity.
Synonyms	earthquake, quake, seism
Narrower	seaquake, submarine earthquake	An earthquake at the sea bed
	shock, seismic disturbance	An instance of agitation of the earth's crust
	tremor, earth tremor, microseism	A small earthquake
Broader	geological phenomenon	A natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth
Spanish	chaka, sacudida, seísmo, sismo, temblor, terremoto, terremotos
Catalan	sisme, sotrac, sotragada, terratrèmol

HyperDic: temblor