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
  • The $450 million carbon-neutral library blends seamlessly into the rolling buttes.
    — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Each summer, runners carry prayers more than 50 miles from the town of Bluff, Utah, to the high country below the buttes, and the White Mesa Ute community beside the monument holds its Bear Dance each year.
    — Kerri J. Malloy, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Definition of buttes
Noun
  • Nattai National Park is only around 50 miles from Sydney as the crow flies, but is known for its rugged terrain and giant sandstone cliffs.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The defining feature of the property is its location directly on the Blue Flag–awarded Glyfada Beach, at the base of dramatic cliffs dotted with pine forests.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of cliffs
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  • 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
  • Gaasterland said in her candidate statement that her top priorities include utility undergrounding, local control of land use decisions, and removing the train tracks from the bluffs while avoiding a new route that tunnels under Del Mar homes.
    — Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Visitors can hike the coastal bluffs at Shadmoor State Park, charter a boat, browse independent boutiques along Main Street, or climb the iconic Montauk Point Lighthouse at the easternmost tip of Long Island.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of bluffs
Noun
  • Here, outdoor enthusiasts can experience the raging Potomac River and the rocky crags of Great Falls.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of crags
Noun
  • All of us who survived the pandemic — and this is all of us who remember it — carry its scars.
    — Alessandra Hirsch, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Matchwinner Jamal Lowe was one of the few to carry the scars of last season.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of scars
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