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foredeep

[ fawr-deep, fohr- ]

noun

, Geology.
  1. an elongate sediment-filled sea-floor depression bordering an island arc or other orogenic belt.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of foredeep1

First recorded in 1905–10; fore- + deep

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