Usually means: Thick, buoyant, granitic Earth layer.
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  1. continental crust: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. continental crust: Collins English Dictionary
  3. continental crust: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. continental crust: Dictionary.com
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  7. continental crust: Wiktionary

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  1. continental crust: Natural History Terms

Definitions from Wiktionary (continental crust)

noun:  (geology) The layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks that forms the geological continents.

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