Usually means: Stable, ancient core of continents.
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  1. craton: Merriam-Webster
  2. craton: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. craton: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. craton: Collins English Dictionary
  5. craton: Vocabulary.com
  6. Craton, craton: Wordnik
  7. craton: Wiktionary
  8. craton: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. craton: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. craton: Dictionary.com
  11. Craton: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. craton: Rhymezone
  13. craton: FreeDictionary.org
  14. craton: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. craton: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. craton: Encyclopedia

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  1. craton: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  2. craton: Natural History Terms

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  1. craton: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See cratonic as well.)

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noun:  A part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.

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