Words Like SCARP
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to SCARP.
    
    
    
        
            4 Alternative Words Similar to scarp
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        10 definitions of scarp
           
        
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        Milit., to cut down (a slope), so as to render it impassable.
    
    
    
 
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        In fortification, the interior talus or slope of the ditch, next the place at the foot of the rampart; hence, any sharp, steep slope. See cut under parapet.
    
    
    
 
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        A shoulder-belt or scarf: the word is found only in the Middle English form sharpe, and in the heraldic use (def. 2): otherwise in the later form scarf. See scarf.
    
    
    
 
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        In heraldry, a diminutive of the bend sinister, having one half its breadth.
    
    
    
 
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        the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet
    
    
    
 
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        a cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion; the steeper side of an escarpment
    
    
    
 
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        to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment
    
    
    
 
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        a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
    
    
    
 
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        a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification