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butte

noun \ˈbyüt\

: a type of hill with a flat top and steep sides that is found in the southwestern U.S.

Full Definition of BUTTE

: an isolated hill or mountain with steep or precipitous sides usually having a smaller summit area than a mesa

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Origin of BUTTE

French, knoll, from Middle French bute

First Known Use: 1805

Other Geology Terms

anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale

Rhymes with BUTTE

boot, bruit, brut, brute, bute, Bute, chute, cloot, coot, cute, flute, fruit, glout, glute, hoot, jute, Jute, loot, lute, moot, mute, newt, pood, root, Root, rout, route, scoot, scute, shoot, snoot, soot, suit, suite, toot, tout, ut, Ute

Butte

geographical name \ˈbyüt\

Definition of BUTTE

city SW Montana in plateau of Rockies pop 32,996

BUTTE Defined for Kids

butte

noun \ˈbyüt\

Definition of BUTTE for Kids

: an isolated hill with steep sides

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