lithosphere

English Thesaurus

1. the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle (noun.object)

hypernym	:	layer,
definition	:	a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another (noun.location)

part holonym	:	crust, earth's crust,
definition	:	the outer layer of the Earth (noun.object)

part holonym	:	mantle,
definition	:	the layer of the earth between the crust and the core (noun.object)

part holonym	:	earth's surface, surface,
definition	:	the outermost level of the land or sea (noun.object)

part meronym	:	earth, globe, world,
definition	:	the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on (noun.object)