escarpment

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Sinonieme

scarp

cliff

escarp

slope

precipice

mountain slope

protective embankment

bluff

bank

🏦

abrupt slope

batter

drop

embankment

steep

steep gradient

steep slope

cuesta

Vertalings

escarpement

scarpata

escarpa

escarpe

escarpa

escarpadura

acantilado

Böschung

Abhang

Steilhang

steile Stelle

Steilküste

Abbruchkante

talús

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɪˈskɑːp.mənt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from French escarpement. By surface analysis, escarp + -ment.