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
butte (plural buttes)
(US) An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
Coordinate term: mesa
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
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
