LITHOSPHERE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lithosphere mean? 

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

1. the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITHOSPHERE (noun)

Meaning:

The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

geosphere; lithosphere

Hypernyms ("lithosphere" is a kind of...):

layer (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)

Meronyms (parts of "lithosphere"):

crust; Earth's crust (the outer layer of the Earth)

mantle (the layer of the earth between the crust and the core)

Earth's surface; surface (the outermost level of the land or sea)

Holonyms ("lithosphere" is a part of...):

Earth; globe; world (the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on)