butte
noun
an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land.
buttes
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pluralof butte.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In 2003, the state of California spent about $3 million to buy 1,800 acres on the north side of the buttes, including an idyllic stretch of emerald called “Peace Valley.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
“I mean, everybody loves the profile of the buttes when they pass it, but once they get inside, I mean, they’re hooked.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
Across 15,000 square miles, between Spokane, Quincy and Walla Walla, the landscape is teeming with desolate cliffs, buttes and canyons.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
The school looks upon red mesas, buttes and Ponderosa forests.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
Many of the caves in the buttes are splattered with ancient pictographs—rock paintings of hands, stars, frogs, and human figures, all reminiscent of Joan Miro, in overlapping red and yellow and brown.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
