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Meanings of
massif
in English
Russian
горный массив
Portuguese
maciço
Spanish
macizo de montañas
Catalan
massís
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Section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures.
mountain subrange
Russian
горный массив
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Usage of
massif
in English
1
And in 2005 he completed a solo east-to-west traverse of the
massif
.
2
A magazine cigarette ad showed an alluring pinnacled
massif
somewhere near Timbuktu.
3
The
massif
's
gray limestone glowed gold as the sun dropped below the Med.
4
Northeast of Dungarvan lies the
massif
known as the Comeragh Mountains.
5
A thick rime mushroom-emblematicof Patagonian towers in the Fitz Roy
massif
-
guarded
the
summit.
6
His intimate knowledge of the
massif
would figure huge in locating our jump site.
7
It's a big
massif
,
the whole thing was fairly wild.
8
Craning his neck, MacArthur turned to scan the
massif
,
subconsciously taking a step rearward.
9
The French team pioneered the north pillar of Holstind, the leftmost summit of the
massif
.
10
The fulcrum of the line was a rugged
massif
called Grappa, some 20 kilometres square.
11
Looming doom: A tidal wave of storm clouds slams down on the Cerro Torre
massif
.
12
Inland, the Austrians held firm on the Hermada
massif
.
13
Lower and closer, beyond a grassy plain broken up by pine woods, another
massif
rose.
14
And just on the other side of that barrier, a sheer
massif
of dark brown.
15
But very dangerous snow conditions prompted them to move to the western side of the
massif
.
16
Ten kilometres to the south, the red cloud formed a solid
massif
right across the horizon.
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massif
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
ancient massif
big massif
cover the massif
crack massif
entire massif
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Translations for
massif
Russian
горный массив
массив
Portuguese
maciço
Spanish
macizo de montañas
macizo
macizo montañoso
Catalan
massís
Massif
through the time
Massif
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