Thesaurus: butte

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1. n. 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.
2. n. a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
3. 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. The creek . . . passes by two remarkable buttes of red conglomerate. Ruxton.
4. A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from thegeneral level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiarelevations in the Rocky Mountain region.The creek . . . passes by two remarkable buttes of red conglomerate.Ruxton.
5. n:100 n. a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides n. a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper