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escarpment
Overview of noun escarpment
The noun escarpment has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. escarpment, scarp -- (a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion)
2. escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment -- (a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun escarpment
2 senses of escarpment
Sense 1
escarpment, scarp
=> slope, incline, side
=> geological formation, formation
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment
=> fortification, munition
=> defensive structure, defense, defence
=> structure, construction
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun escarpment
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun escarpment
2 senses of escarpment
Sense 1
escarpment, scarp
=> slope, incline, side
Sense 2
escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment
=> fortification, munition
Antonyms of noun escarpment
Member Holonyms of noun escarpment
Substance Holonyms of noun escarpment
Part Holonyms of noun escarpment
Member Meronyms of noun escarpment
Substance Meronyms of noun escarpment
Part Meronyms of noun escarpment
Meronyms of noun escarpment
Holonyms of noun escarpment
Attributes of noun escarpment
Derived Forms of noun escarpment
Domain of noun escarpment
Domain Terms of noun escarpment
Familiarity of noun escarpment
escarpment used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun escarpment
2 senses of escarpment
Sense 1
escarpment, scarp
> slope, incline, side
=> ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
=> bank
=> bank, cant, camber
=> canyonside
=> coast
=> descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
=> escarpment, scarp
=> hillside
=> mountainside, versant
=> ski slope
Sense 2
escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment
> fortification, munition
=> bastion
=> bunker, dugout
=> castle
=> defilade
=> entrenchment, intrenchment
=> escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment
=> fieldwork
=> lunette
HAS INSTANCE=> Maginot Line
=> palisade
=> parapet, breastwork
HAS INSTANCE=> Siegfried line
=> stockade
Meronyms of noun escarpment
2 senses of escarpment
Sense 2
escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment
=> fortification, munition
HAS PART: rampart, bulwark, wall
=> defensive structure, defense, defence
=> structure, construction
HAS PART: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
HAS PART: plate
HAS PART: structural member
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun escarpment
Grep of noun escarpment
escarpment
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