nappe

About 0.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.
2. noun Either of the two parts of a double cone.
3. noun A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata.
4. noun Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
5. noun The ability of a sauce or other relatively thick liquid to coat food, the back of a spoon, etc.
6. verb To coat (a food) with liquid.

   to nappe a leg of lamb with glaze

Similar words

ophiolite waterfall cascade falls plunge pool droop snoot underflow pipeline nosedive streamflow

Often followed by

complex is and of in de structure tectonics structures

Word family

nappes