upthrow

Questions about upthrow

What does upthrow mean?

upthrow means "(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)".

How many syllables are in upthrow?

upthrow has 2 syllables and divides as up-throw under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for upthrow?

Close synonyms include upheaval, uplift, upthrust. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is upthrow a common word?

upthrow 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.