Massif Definition

mă-sēf
massifs
noun
A mountainous mass broken up into separate peaks and forming the backbone of a mountain range.
Webster's New World
A large block of the earth's crust that is isolated by boundary faults and has shifted as a unit.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Massif

Noun

Singular:
massif
Plural:
massifs

Origin of Massif

  • French massive, massif from Old French massive

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 1885 French, massif, adjective, from Middle French

    From Wiktionary

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