cuesta

noun

Definition of cuestanext
as in butte

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuesta
  1. butte
  2. cliff
  3. hogback
  4. escarpment
  5. bluff
  6. scarp
  7. precipice
  8. barranca
Noun
  • Enchantment Resort Sedona, Arizona Snowbirds traveling south for winter can still catch white peaks on red-rock buttes in the high desert.
    Meira Gebel, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
  • People can see the cinder cone volcanic field, Sedona's red rock buttes and as far as the Grand Canyon on a clear day.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of butte
Noun
  • The traditional Japanese tea room is situated on a cliff overlooking the ocean in Malibu.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The ape on the cliff by the ocean in the universe had just quit the most popular alternative band in the world.
    Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of cliff
Noun
  • These geomorphic formations of rugged slopes are known locally as ‘hogbacks’ and present a particularly harsh environment in which to try and perfect agricultural techniques.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The power lines that are perched on the property, its water scarcity, and the fact that Thunder Valley is surrounded on the hogback by trails and open space means it likely won’t be overrun by a housing development anytime soon.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 8 June 2024
Definition of hogback
Noun
  • Hike back down the Beach Trail from the visitors center through chaparral and sandy bluffs to the shore at Flat Rock, where rain has eroded deep arroyos into the 300-foot sandstone escarpments.
    Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
  • It was built of a tough wood that only grew along a small escarpment near the village.
    Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of escarpment
Noun
  • Dense residential neighborhoods and freeways sit directly beneath towering bluffs populated by mountain lions, which occasionally hop the fences of backyard swimming pools to feast on domestic cats and dogs.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Each time, the bluff was called, and Ukraine was able to better defend its territory. . . .
    Michael Poznansky, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of bluff
Noun
  • The rupturing fault created an approximately 20 meters (or 65 feet) high new scarp on the seafloor, which in turns caused the water displacement and a series of six tsunami moving both east towards Sumatra, and west towards Sri Lanka, India and Africa—eventually reaching the Atlantic and Pacific.
    David Bressan, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Surrounding that is the environmental protective garment (EPG), the heavy, visible, outer covering of the suit that protects the astronauts from cuts and punctures on a lunar terrain that bristles with jagged rocks and scarps.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of scarp
Noun
  • In Week 15, Taylor was on the precipice of a 41-yard touchdown run against the Denver Broncos that could have given the Colts a 20-7 lead in the third quarter.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Where that leaves them is on the precipice of a likely wholescale housecleaning.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of precipice
Noun
  • From a gnarly lie in the rough, his third shot from 116 yards found the barranca in front of the green.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • Clark held his nerve to the end and was right there with him, even after a rare errant shot into the barranca on the 17th.
    Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2023
Definition of barranca
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