Definitions for nappes

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nappes nappe

Spelling: [nap]

IPA: /næp/

Nappes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in nappes (aenpps).

Definitions for nappes

noun

1. Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
2. Geometry. one of the two equal sections of a cone.

Origin of nappes

1905-10, Americanism; French: literally, tablecloth, cloth; Old French nappe, nape Latin mappa; cf. napkin