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Complete Definition of "escarpment"

English
Etymology
Confer French escarpement.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-escarpment.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
escarpment
#A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.

webster

fa:escarpment
io:escarpment
vi:escarpment
zh:escarpment

Revision and Credits for"escarpment"
  • 2007-04-16 07:09 - SemperBlotto - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/207.61.86.210|207.61.86.210]] ([[User_talk:207.61.86.210|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:RobotGMwikt|RobotGMwikt]]

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