escarpment

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

escarpement

berge

🏦

falaise

talus

ressaut

talus sous-marin

Synonymes

scarp

cliff

escarp

slope

precipice

mountain slope

protective embankment

bluff

bank

🏦

abrupt slope

batter

drop

embankment

steep

steep gradient

steep slope

cuesta

Traductions

escarpa

scarpata

escarpa

escarpe

acantilado

Böschung

escarpadura

Abhang

steile Stelle

talús

Steilhang

Steilküste

Abbruchkante

rost

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪˈskɑːp.mənt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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