escarpment

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

escarpa

talude

Sinônimos

scarp

cliff

escarp

slope

precipice

mountain slope

protective embankment

bluff

bank

🏦

abrupt slope

batter

drop

embankment

steep

steep gradient

steep slope

cuesta

Traduções

escarpement

escarpa

scarpata

escarpe

acantilado

Böschung

escarpadura

Abhang

steile Stelle

talús

Steilhang

Steilküste

Abbruchkante

rost

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɪˈskɑːp.mənt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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