scarp

scarp is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
2. noun. The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
3. noun. A steep descent or declivity.
4. transitive verb. To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
5. noun. a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification

   Synonyms: escarp, escarpment

6. noun. a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion

   Synonyms: escarpment

Synonyms

escarp, escarpment

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in scarp:

carps, craps, scrap

Common word forms

scarps, scarped, scarper, scarping, scarpment

Words from these letters

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