versant
[ vur-suh nt ]
/ ˈvɜr sənt /
noun
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
the general slope of a country or region.
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Words nearby versant
versace, versailles, versailles, palace of, versailles, treaty of, versal, versant, versatile, verse, versed, versed sine, verset
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Example sentences from the Web for versant
On the Mediterranean versant there are 76 in., in the Garonne basin 46 and in that of the Loire only 28.
Llan means a level place generally, as most of your readers who are versant in those subjects know.
The one Costa Rican locality of record also is in the Caribbean versant.
British Dictionary definitions for versant
versant
/ (ˈvɜːsənt) /
noun
rare the side or slope of a mountain or mountain range
the slope of a region
Word Origin for versant
C19: from French, from verser to turn, from Latin versāre
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