foreshocks

Meaning of foreshocks

noun
  1. A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks.
  2. Any shock or disturbance which precedes an event

Information about foreshocks

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of foreshocks is: foreshock.
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Hyphenation of foreshocks

fore-shocks

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • foreshocks is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

foreshocks antonyms

Meaning :

aftershock

Words that rhyme with foreshocks

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