Definition of Scarp

1. Noun. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion.

Exact synonyms: Escarpment
Generic synonyms: Incline, Side, Slope

2. Noun. A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.
Exact synonyms: Escarp, Escarpment, Protective Embankment
Generic synonyms: Fortification, Munition

Definition of Scarp

1. n. A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

2. n. The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.

3. v. t. To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.

Definition of Scarp

1. to cut or make into a steep slope [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarp

scarlet oak
scarlet pimpernel
scarlet plume
scarlet red
scarlet red sulfonate
scarlet runner
scarlet runner bean
scarlet strawberry
scarlet sumac
scarlet tanager
scarlet wisteria tree
scarmoge
scarmoges
scarn
scaroid
scarp (current term)
scarpa
Scarpa's fascia
Scarpa's fluid
Scarpa's foramina
Scarpa's ganglion
Scarpa's habenula
Scarpa's hiatus
Scarpa's liquor
Scarpa's membrane
Scarpa's method
Scarpa's sheath
Scarpa's staphyloma
Scarpa's triangle
scarpaed

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