massif

mas·sif

noun \ma-ˈsēf\

Definition of MASSIF

1

: a principal mountain mass

2

: a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change

Origin of MASSIF

French, from massif, adjective, from Middle French, alteration of Old French massiz

First Known Use: 1873

Rhymes with MASSIF

bay leaf, belief, crew chief, debrief, drop leaf, endleaf, enfeoff, fig leaf, fire chief, flyleaf, gold leaf, in brief, in chief, kerchief, loose-leaf, motif, naïf, O'Keeffe, red leaf, relief, sharif, shinleaf, sneak thief, Tallchief