Definitions for graben

graben gra·ben

Spelling: [grah-buh n]
IPA: /ˈgrɑ bən/

Graben 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 133 anagrams from letters in graben (abegnr).

Definitions for graben

noun

  1. a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has dropped downward in relation to adjacent portions.

Origin of graben

1895-1900; German: ditch

Examples for graben

It is no moat, no graben, that is now being dug, but a grave—a Grab.

Lately up have I them graben, and likewise his tutelar Sphynx have found, and have even to give signs of animation compelled.'

"That old tree with the iron hoop around it, at the corner of the graben," replied her companion.

Every one seemed as joyous and carefree as on the graben in Vienna on a sunny spring Sunday in times of undisturbed peace.

Cannon were in position on the Stephan's Platz and the graben, and the gunners stood ready, as if on parade.

The depression is probably a “graben” or trough formed by faulting.

The beautiful “graben” and Horse-market once more excited my admiration.

The district, too, was less formidable than the neighborhood of the Karntnerstrasse and the graben.

The dusk of the evening saw Milor in the dress of a porter, pacing the graben with a steady step.

Stafforth escorted Wilhelmine to his coach, which waited to convey her to the house in the graben.

Word Value for graben
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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