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escarpment

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of escarpment

a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice

  • the castle sits atop an escarpment that for hundreds of years made it virtually invulnerable to attack
Synonyms of escarpment

barranca (also barranco), bluff, cliff, crag, palisade, precipice, scar, scarp
Words Related to escarpment

butte, cuesta, hogback, tor

bulwark, embankment

declivity, drop-off, pitch

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