arête.

A narrow sharp ridge, often formed between adjoining glacial valleys or hollows.

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Words that belong together

• knife-edged arête
• rocky arête

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The climbers crossed a knife-edged arête in single file.

Cloud hid the drop beyond the rocky arête.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular arête; plural arêtes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.