scarp

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of SCARP

a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice <years of violent ocean storms had heavily eroded the beach, creating a scarp along one end of it>

Synonyms barranca (also barranco), bluff, crag, escarpment, palisade, precipice, scar, scarp

Related Words butte, cuesta, hogback, tor; bulwark, embankment; declivity, drop-off, pitch

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