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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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