ALL meanings of escarpment
- noun escarpment A long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights. 1
- noun escarpment steep embankment 1
- countable noun escarpment An escarpment is a wide, steep slope on a hill or mountain. 0
- noun escarpment the long continuous steep face of a ridge or plateau formed by erosion; scarp 0
- noun escarpment any steep slope, such as one resulting from faulting 0
- noun escarpment a steep artificial slope immediately in front of the rampart of a fortified place 0
- noun escarpment a steep slope or cliff formed by erosion or, less often, by faulting 0
- noun escarpment ground formed into a steep slope on the exterior of a fortification 0