Scarp

/skɑːp/

Synonyms for "scarp" (102 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Noun(3 words)

abatisadvanced workbalistraria bank banquettebarbed-wire entanglementbarbican barricade barrier bartizan bastion battlement bevel bezel bluff breastwork bulwark casemate

Strong matches (30)

cheval-de-frisechute circumvallation cliff contravallation counterscarp crag curtain demibastion dike drawbridge earthworkeasy slopeenclosure entanglement escarp escarpment face fence fieldwork

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fleam fortalice fortificationgentle slope

Noun(6 words)

cliff cut erode escarp escarpments face

Related words (51)

glacis grade gradienthanging gardensheight helicline hillside inclination inclineinclined planelaunching ramploophole lunette machicolation mantelet merlon mound outwork palisade palisades

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parados parapet pitch portcullispostern gateprecipice ramp rampart ravelin redan redoubt rocksally portscar sconceshelving beachside slope steepsteep slopestiff climbstockade talus tenaille vallation vallum wall work

Noun(3 words)

protective embankmentundercut wall

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More general

11 entries

face fortificationgeological featuregeological processincline landform munition side slope surfacetopographic feature

More specific

6 entries

coastal scarp developmentfault scarpfault scarp formationmarine scarppit scarptrench scarp

Collocations

5 entries

fault scarpmarine scarpscarp facesteep scarptectonic scarp

Inflections

1 entries

scarps

Derivations

2 entries

escarpment scarping

Sample sentences

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2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Sweating under the sun, we scale the barren eastern scarp of the Great Rift Valley (Area B), edging carefully around controversial, razor-wired Israeli settlements (Area C).

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[...] as in the seventh, which is Argent a Scarp Azure.

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He beareth Argent, a Scarp, Azure.

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to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock

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