Associations to the word «Foreshock»

Wiktionary

FORESHOCK, noun. (geology) A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks.

Dictionary definition

FORESHOCK, noun. A tremor preceding an earthquake.

Wise words

All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.
Ernest Hemingway