escarpment

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

a steep slope that separates an area of high ground from an area of lower ground: The clay lowlands are flanked by steep chalk escarpments.

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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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escarpmentEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary escarpmentEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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