scarp.

A steep slope or face separating areas of different elevation.

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Words that belong together

• fault scarp
• eroded scarp

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The fault scarp cut across the otherwise level valley.

Loose stones rattled down the eroded scarp.

Usage notes

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