Scarp Synonyms

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Synonyms for Scarp

escarp
The side of the ditch next to the parapet in a fortification; the scarp.
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escarpment
A steep slope or cliff formed by erosion or, less often, by faulting
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protective embankment
a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
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Words Related to Scarp

outcrop
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ridge
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anticline
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syncline
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dip-slope
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hillock
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scree
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glacis
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plateau
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cliffline
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Scarp Sentence Examples

  • Its steep fault scarp faces west, and rises from 4000 to 6000 ft.

  • The scarp or steeply inclined slope; this is necessarily of small extent except in the direction of its length.

  • The Polden Hills are capped by the Blue Lias Limestone, which in places forms a steep scarp.

  • One of the scarps or steps is the result of a great fault or displacement of the earth's crust, and is known as the Balcones fault scarp; others are due to erosion and weatherin g of alternate layers of hard and soft rocks lying almost horizontal.

  • The glens of Antrim are deep notches cut by seaward-running streams through the basalt scarp, their floors being formed of Triassic or older rocks.

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