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Definition of Butte
1. Noun. A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides.
2. Noun. A town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper.
Definition of Butte
1. n. 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.
Definition of Butte
1. Proper noun. a city in Montana ¹
2. Noun. (American English) an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Butte
1. an isolated hill [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Butte
Literary usage of Butte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1918)
"CT KIRK: Conditions of Mineralization in the Copper Veins at butte, Mont. ...
GW MILLER: Geology of the butte Mining District, Mont. Ores and Metals, 13, ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1903)
"Approachable only by crossing high mountains, almost bare of vegetation, scantily
watered by desert streams, with a rugged, unlovely butte rising in the ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The butte, Anaconda, & Pacific Railway Company agrees to pay to the Montana Railway
... The butte, Anaconda, & Pacific Company covenants to keep the leased ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"RH CHAPMAN: Earth Movements at butte, Mont. Mining and Scientific Press ...
SF EMMONS and WH WEED: butte Folio. US Geological Survey Geologic Folio 38. ..."
5. Biennial report by North Dakota Geological Survey (1908)
"The beds occur only on the northern end of Sentinel butte and their maximum
thickness is not over 40 feet. (Plate VIII, Fig. 1. ..."
6. Marvels of the New West: A Vivid Portrayal of the Stupendous Marvels in the by William Makepeace Thayer (1887)
"It is a detached butte, some three hundred and sixty feet high, ... It will be
observed that the height of the butte is just that of Bunker Hill ..."
7. Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America by Kira Gale (2006)
"butte 61 D Berkeley Open-Pit Mine, butte 62 D Mineral Museum, butte 63 D World
Museum of Mining, butte 64 D Broadwater County Museum ..."
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