escarpment

Other forms of escarpment

plural

escarpments·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about escarpment

What does escarpment mean?

escarpment means "a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in escarpment?

escarpment has 3 syllables: e-scarp-ment. The stress falls on "scarp". In IPA it is /ɛˈskɑɹpmənt/.

What is another word for escarpment?

Close synonyms include scarp, escarp, scarp, protective embankment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is escarpment a common word?

escarpment is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.