butte
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/ˈbjuːt/
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/ˈbjuːt/ · /ˈbʌt/
Definition of butte
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(US)An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
“Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars].”
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noun
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(US)An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
“Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars].”
name
- (countable)A surname.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn Borrowed from French butte (“mound”). Related to butt via a West Germanic cognate.
Words you can make from butte
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