MOHO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Moho mean? 

• MOHO (noun)
  The noun MOHO has 1 sense:

1. the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle

  Familiarity information: MOHO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOHO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Moho; Mohorovicic discontinuity

Context example:

the Mohorovicic discontinuity averages 5 miles down under oceans and 20 miles down under continents

Instance hypernyms:

bound; boundary; bounds (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

 Context examples 

The researchers studied the Borgarhraun eruption of the Theistareykir volcano in northern Iceland, which occurred roughly 10,000 years ago, and was fed directly from the Moho.

(‘Crystal clocks’ used to time magma storage before volcanic eruptions, University of Cambridge)

This is the first estimate of magma storage times near the boundary of the Earth’s crust and the mantle, called the Moho.

(‘Crystal clocks’ used to time magma storage before volcanic eruptions, University of Cambridge)