San Andreas Fault (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
break; fault; faulting; fracture; geological fault; shift ((geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other)
Holonyms ("San Andreas Fault" is a part of...):
CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)