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Answer for the clue "Sheetlike body of rock ", 5 letters:
nappe

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In geology , a nappe or thrust sheet is a large sheetlike body of rock that has been moved more than or above a thrust fault from its original position. Nappes form in compressional tectonic settings like continental collision zones or on the overriding ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nappe \Nappe\, n. [F. nappe cloth, sheet. See Napery .] (Geom.) Sheet; surface; all that portion of a surface that is continuous in such a way that it is possible to pass from any one point of the portion to any other point of the portion without leaving ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop. 2 (context mathematics English) Either of the two parts of a double cone. 3 (context geology English) A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata. ...

Usage examples of nappe.

She drew near the sacred Unghatti circle, the one place in all the village forbidden to all nappe, the outsiders.

Tikitu listened to the zip, zip, zip of the nappe darts as they sliced through the air.

Any hard radiation forward of the red-shifted meniscus intersects the nappe of the cone made by the field.