buttes

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/bjuːts/

A form of butte — An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

buttes1

noun
  1. pluralplural of butte

    Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars].

    2013 November 27, John Grotzinger, “The world of Mars [print version: International Herald Tribune Magazine, 2013, p. 36]”, in The New York Times

Buttes2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Butte

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APA

buttes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buttes

MLA

“buttes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buttes. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buttes,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buttes.

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