Dictionary Entry
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
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- 1noun
A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
- 2noun
The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
- 3noun
A steep descent or declivity.
- 4transitive verb
To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
- 5noun
a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
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- 6noun
a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
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