BUTTE

Butte

(noun) a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper

butte

(noun) a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

butte (plural buttes)

(US) An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.

Coordinate term: mesa

Proper noun

Butte

A census-designated place in Alaska.

A city, the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, with which it is a consolidated city-county known as Butte-Silver Bow.

A county seat, Boyd County, Nebraska.

A city and village in North Dakota.

Source: Wiktionary


Butte, n. Etym: [F. See Butt a bound.]

Definition: A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region. The creek . . . passes by two remarkable buttes of red conglomerate. Ruxton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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