diapir

1. 1.

   a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata

   Broadergeological formation

   geology

Other forms of diapir

plural

diapirs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about diapir

What does diapir mean?

diapir means "a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata".

How many syllables are in diapir?

diapir has 3 syllables: di-a-pir. The stress falls on "di".

Is diapir a common word?

diapir is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.