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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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of foredeep1

First recorded in 1905–10; fore- + deep

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