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; normally consists of gneisses and schists.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mæˈsiːf/

Etymology

Borrowed from French massif, from Middle French massif, ultimately from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”).

Synonyms

mountain range

plot of land

table

group of mountains

mountain system

crustal block

land parcel