scarp
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/skɑːp/
English
Definitions
noun
- The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet
- A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment
verb
- (earth science) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment“to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock”
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Synonyms
escarpescarpmentprotective embankmentobsequentscarpmentexcarpmentanti-scarpscarpletscarscarplandfootbankcounterscarpesplanadebackscarpscaurscalpeen