Definition of "massif" [massif]

• A large mountain mass or compact group of connected mountains forming an independent portion of a range. (noun)
• A large section or block of the earth's crust that is more rigid than the surrounding rock and has been moved or displaced as a unit. (noun)

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• "The massif is the largest Swiss autochthonic crystalline entity."
• "The wreckage of a plane had been found in the fabled Mountains of the Moon, also known as the Rwenzori massif, which is between the two towns and shared by the DRC and Uganda."
• "Towards the northern extremity of the range occur a group of peaks, which together form an oblong block or "massif" amongst the neighbouring ridges known as"