buttes

noun

Definition of buttesnext
plural of butte
as in cliffs
a type of hill with a flat top and steep sides that is found in the southwestern U.S. The otherworldly sandstone buttes of Monument Valley, Arizona are well worth a visit.

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  1. cliffs
  2. mountains
  3. highlands
Noun
  • Red and brown cliffs, varnished by thousands of years of high-desert weather, towered on either side of me.
    Derek M. Norman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Remove the economic cliffs that prohibit people from climbing the ladder of success without the risk of losing public resources.
    Len Fasano, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of cliffs
Noun
  • For investors, this means that meaningful financial updates from companies will be accompanied by mountains of trivial environmental data.
    Stone Washington, National Review, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Visitors look over mountains, islands, fjords, and the sea.
    Robin Raven, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of mountains
Noun
  • Additionally, alpacas are native to the highlands of South America, where temperatures fluctuate rapidly within the day.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Israel seized the strategic highlands from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and unilaterally annexed it in 1981.
    Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of highlands
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buttes

butt heads

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