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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Most of the land in the buttes is held by a small number of legacy families who primarily use the fields for grazing cattle and sheep.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
In 2003, Westrup heard through an intermediary that someone with land in the buttes was looking to sell.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
My roughly 60-mile section was marked by sienna-hued mesas and buttes, and cornflower-blue skies.
From New York Times ● May 1, 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
Unseen, on the edges of the undulating buttes, deer and wild turkeys stirred and every now and then the night burst alive with a shooting star that left a delicate and misty trail.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
