| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | gra·ben |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  grä b n |
| NOUN: | A usually elongated depression between geologic faults. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German Graben, from Middle High German grabe, trench, from Old High German grabo, from graban, to dig. See ghrebh-2 in Appendix I.
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