massif

English Thesaurus

1. a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range (noun.object)

hypernym	:	formation, geological formation,
definition	:	(geology) the geological features of the earth (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	massif central,
definition	:	a mountainous plateau in southern France that covers almost one sixth of the country (noun.object)

part meronym	:	chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains,
definition	:	a series of hills or mountains (noun.object)