scarp

«scarp» in Mova's school dictionary: A steep slope or cliff, often a long line of steep ground… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a scarp, scarps)

meaning for a pupil

1) (geography) A steep slope or cliff, often a long line of steep ground where land has been worn away or moved along a fault. tree →

2) (castles) The inner steep wall of a ditch in a fortress. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, a scarp (or escarpment) is the steep side of a ridge; the gentle side is the dip slope. Earthquakes can make fault scarps. In history, castle scarps made attacks hard. Phrases: a steep scarp, scarp slope, fault scarp.

examples

• The path climbs a steep scarp to the top of the hill. tree →
• In geography we drew the scarp slope and the dip slope. tree →
• The earthquake left a scarp across the field. tree →
• Soldiers could not climb the castle's scarp. tree →
• From the top of the scarp we could see the whole valley. tree →
• Chalk hills often have a scarp on one side. tree →

note

Short for "escarpment". Countable: a scarp, scarps. Do not confuse with "scrap" or "scarf".

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scarp» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.