karst

Borrowed from German Karst. The German term and the Slovene placename Kras (the Karst Plateau) have a common origin in Dalmatian Romance carsus; the metathesis in the Slovene term precludes German borrowing from Slovene.

• (UK) enPR: käst, IPA^(key): /kɑːst/
• (US) enPR: kärst, IPA^(key): /kɑɹst/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)st

  Homophones: cast, caste (in non-rhotic accents)

karst (plural karsts)

1. (geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.
   • 1978, M. M. Sweeting, “The Karst of Kweilin, Southern China,” The Geographical Journal, vol. 144, no. 2, p. 200:

     In the time available to us on our geomorphological tour we were not able to see the higher and younger karsts of Kweichow and Yunnan and Kunming.

   • 2009, Katherine Harmon, “Top 10 New Species Discovered in 2008,” ScientificAmerican.com, May 29, 2009:

     The shells are just 0.04 inch (one millimeter) long and were found on a karst formation where conditions are damp, but the snails that inhabit them have yet to be observed.

• karstology
• thermokarst
• glaciokarst

• karst on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Stark, Trask, karts, skart, stark

Borrowed from German Karst.

• IPA^(key): /kɑrst/

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• Hyphenation: karst
• Rhymes: -ɑrst

karst m (plural karsten)

1. (geology) karst (terrain with caves formed by limestone dissolution by underground drainage)

• karstbron

• IPA^(key): /kaʁst/

karst m (plural karsts)

1. (geology) karst

• “karst” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• IPA^(key): /kʰar̥st/
• Rhymes: -ar̥st

karst n (genitive singular karsts, no plural)

1. (geology) karst

• carst

karst m (plural karstes)

1. (geology) karst

• malpaís