hogbacks

noun

plural of hogback
as in buttes

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  1. buttes
  2. cliffs
  3. escarpments
  4. bluffs
  5. crags
  6. scars
Noun
  • Today, visitors can spot wildlife like bison, bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, and black-footed ferrets among the sharply eroded buttes.
    — Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
  • From the layer-cake buttes of Badlands National Park to the winding canyons of the Black Hills, this part of South Dakota is legendary.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
Definition of buttes
Noun
  • Once twilight fades, the cliffs and headlands nearby become excellent places to watch for bright Perseid meteors.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 July 2026
  • All around, gleaming with an incandescence that seems cut out of the cold blue sky itself, sheer cliffs rise impossibly high, a canopy of skyscrapers reflecting sunlight among themselves, creating a labyrinth that partitions the sun’s rays.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Definition of cliffs
Noun
  • Just as the sun prepared to sink beyond the escarpments, its rays struck every piece of the fractured glass resting on top of the window frames, alighting all of them at once, as if they were shot with electricity.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • This park is all escarpments, rivers, and old forests.
    — Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Definition of escarpments
Noun
  • Like a guardian of the absolute desert, Chile’s coastal mountain range sleeps a mineral slumber, the bluffs defending the driest desert in the world.
    — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
  • That property will triple the size of Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park from 75 acres to 207 acres by adding beaches and coastal bluffs along its southern edges.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
Definition of bluffs
Noun
  • That's why there are so few of us clinging to the crags of Mount Everest or decamping to Antarctica.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Coastal cliffs and crags are punctuated by black-sand beaches, and rich rain forests hide a towering volcanic cone.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of crags
Noun
  • Pasquantio’s right thumb has two scars, the latest the result of a right-hamate fracture that had sidelined him since June 14.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • The man appeared to be Hispanic, between 50 and 60 years old, with shoulder-length hair, 151 pounds and 5 feet 8 inches tall, with no tattoos or scars, the release said.
    — Theresa Clift July 7, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of scars
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“Hogbacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogbacks. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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