Scarp Definition

skärp
scarps
noun
scarps
A steep slope; specif., an escarpment or cliff extending along the edge of a plateau, mesa, etc.
Webster's New World
The inner slope of a ditch below a rampart.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
scarps
To make or cut into a steep slope.
Webster's New World
To provide with a scarp.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Scarp

Noun

Singular:
scarp
Plural:
scarps

Origin of Scarp

  • Italian scarpa slope perhaps of Germanic origin sker-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Aphetic form of escarp.

    From Wiktionary

Scarp Sentence Examples

  • Its steep fault scarp faces west, and rises from 4000 to 6000 ft.

  • The scarp or steeply inclined slope; this is necessarily of small extent except in the direction of its length.

  • This may account for the high rates of scarp retreat.

  • The Polden Hills are capped by the Blue Lias Limestone, which in places forms a steep scarp.

  • The glens of Antrim are deep notches cut by seaward-running streams through the basalt scarp, their floors being formed of Triassic or older rocks.

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Words Starting With

SSCSCA

Words Ending With

PRPARP

Unscrambles

scarp

Words Starting With S and Ending With P

Starts With S & Ends With PStarts With SC & Ends With PStarts With S & Ends With RP

Word Length

5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With S5 Letter Words Ending With P