scarp


scarp

noun

Definition of SCARP

a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice <years of violent ocean storms had heavily eroded the beach, creating a scarp along one end of it>
Synonyms barranca (also barranco), bluff, crag, escarpment, palisade, precipice, scar, scarp

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