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| Main Entry: |
escarpment
 [ih-skahrp-muhnt] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slope |
| Synonyms: | cliff, hill, ledge, ridge |
| Main Entry: | cliff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overhang on hill or mountain |
| Synonyms: | bluff, crag, escarpment, face, precipice, rock face, rocky height, scar, scarp, steep rock, wall |
| Main Entry: | battlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parapet |
| Synonyms: | balustrade, bastion, embattlement, escarpment, fortification, rampart, tower |
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Example Sentences
- Water runs down an escarpment towards people's homes below.
- There were no sounds, except an evening wind whipping up the escarpment.
- Century barn a winding road down the escarpment to the water.
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