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Antonyms for butte
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : byoot |
Phonetic Transcription : byut |
Definition of butte
Origin :- 1805, American English, from French butte, from Old French but "mound, knoll" (see butt (n.3)). A French word introduced in Lewis & Clark's journals.
- As in knoll : noun small hill
- As in mesa : noun plateau
- As in mountain : noun very large hill
- As in hill : noun uprising of earth's surface; pile
- As in hillock : noun small hill
- The lawyer left them at the next station to wait for a train back to Butte.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Really, Miss Della, she's the most famous cow in Butte, just now.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- She followed cautiously, and under a butte far from the Hen she found Jake's camp.
- Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
- And Peabody he writes to his lawyer friend in Butte, Montana.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- You see, our train is going on a line with that butte behind us and the sun.
- Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
- The detectives sent to Butte the previous day went too late.
- Extract from : « Under Fire » by Charles King
- "I suppose there are letters at the hotel in Butte," said Dave, with a little sigh.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter in the Gold Fields » by Edward Stratemeyer
- The departure was made from Butte about noon of the next day.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter in the Gold Fields » by Edward Stratemeyer
- "They won't have any easy time of it, getting back to Butte," said Dave.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter in the Gold Fields » by Edward Stratemeyer
- There is a butte in the Cabillo country that they call the Elephant.
- Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
Synonyms for butte
- abundance
- acclivity
- alp
- ascent
- bank
- bluff
- butte
- cliff
- climb
- crag
- dome
- down
- drift
- dune
- elevation
- eminence
- esker
- fell
- glob
- gradient
- headland
- heap
- height
- highland
- hillock
- hillside
- hilltop
- hummock
- hump
- inclination
- incline
- knoll
- mass
- mesa
- mound
- mount
- palisade
- peak
- pike
- pile
- plain
- precipice
- prominence
- promontory
- protuberance
- pyramid
- range
- ridge
- rise
- rising ground
- shock
- sierra
- slope
- stack
- summit
- tableland
- talus
- ton
- tor
- upland
- volcano
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