butte

butte

noun \ˈbyüt\

Definition of BUTTE

: an isolated hill or mountain with steep or precipitous sides usually having a smaller summit area than a mesa

Origin of BUTTE

French, knoll, from Middle French bute

First Known Use: 1805

Other Geology Terms

anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale

Rhymes with BUTTE

boot, bruit, brut, brute, bute, Bute, chute, cloot, coot, cute, flute, fruit, glout, glute, hoot, jute, Jute, loot, lute, moot, mute, newt, pood, root, Root, rout, route, scoot, scute, shoot, snoot, soot, suit, suite, toot, tout, ut, Ute