noun
Meaning 1
The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
scarp
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /skɑːp/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /skɑɹp/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)p
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CMU ARPABET: S K AA1 R P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Obsolete spelling of scarpe, scrape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: earth science
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
Examples
- to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: escarpment, escarp, protective embankment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fortification, munition
noun
Meaning 6
a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: escarpment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: slope, incline, side
History
Etymology
Apheretic form of escarp. Doublet of escarp.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: скарп (skarp) — artificial slope
- Finnish: eskarppi — artificial slope
- Finnish: vieru — artificial slope
- French: escarpe — artificial slope
- Bulgarian: стръмен склон (strǎmen sklon) — cliff caused by erosion
- Finnish: jyrkänne — cliff caused by erosion
- German: Flueh — cliff caused by erosion
- Hungarian: szakadásfal — cliff caused by erosion
- Irish: scairp — cliff caused by erosion
- Polish: skarpa — cliff caused by erosion
- Ottoman Turkish: قیا (kaya) — cliff caused by erosion
- Ottoman Turkish: یار (yar) — cliff caused by erosion
Real reading context