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BUTTE

\bˈʌt], \bˈʌt], \b_ˈʌ_t]\

Definitions of BUTTE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; - applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; - applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A steep hill or ridge standing alone.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

In the far West, a detached hill or ridge rising abruptly, but not high enough to be called a mountain.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A conspicuous hill or natural turret.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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