Meaning of BUTTE
 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Butte\, n. [F. See {Butt} a bound.]
A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the
general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to
peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region.
The creek . . . passes by two remarkable buttes of red
conglomerate. --Ruxton.
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| | Related Terms: | | anthill, barrow, brae, down, drumlin, dune, fell, foothills, hill, hillock, hummock, knob, knoll, molehill, monticle, monticule, moor, mound, sand dune, swell |
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