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scarp

noun
\ ˈskärp How to pronounce scarp (audio) \

Definition of scarp

1 : the inner side of a ditch below the parapet of a fortification
2a : a line of cliffs produced by faulting or erosion — see fault illustration
b : a low steep slope along a beach caused by wave erosion
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Other Words from scarp

scarped \ ˈskärpt How to pronounce scarped (audio) \ adjective

Examples of scarp in a Sentence

years of violent ocean storms had heavily eroded the beach, creating a scarp along one end of it

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 That entire scarp has been there from the time the fort was constructed. — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, "After Irma, dead seagrass ‘as far as the eye can see’ in Florida Bay," 15 Sep. 2017

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First Known Use of scarp

1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for scarp

Italian scarpa

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