Definitions for diapir

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diapir di·a·pir

Spelling: [dahy-uh-peer]

IPA: /ˈdaɪ əˌpɪər/

Diapir is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in diapir (adiipr).

Definitions for diapir

noun

1. a dome, or anticline, the upper regions of which have been ruptured and penetrated by material squeezed up from below. Compare plume (def 10), salt dome.

Origin of diapir

1915-20; French, said to be Greek diapeírein to drive through, pierce; dia- dia- + peírein to pierce