Buttes

//bjuːts// name, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of butte form-of, plural

    "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]."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Butte form-of, plural

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"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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