cuesta

noun

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  1. cliff
  2. escarpment
  3. bluff
  4. butte
  5. hogback
  6. scarp
  7. precipice
  8. scar
Noun
  • The two lanes closest to the cliff remain closed, with traffic routed on the remaining two lanes, with one lane in each direction.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The building, known in German as the Kehlsteinhaus, is located on a cliff 1,834 meters (6,017 feet) above sea level.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of cliff
Noun
  • The researchers say the ancient escarpment may have influenced river systems, sediment transport and the flooding of continental interiors long before the rapid diversification of complex life during the Cambrian explosion.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Built around a towering sandstone escarpment that rises through the centre of the property, surrounded by a deliciously cold pool, the architecture was conceived in careful negotiation with the landscape.
    — Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026
Definition of escarpment
Noun
  • Homes were built on beaches, bluffs and dunes during a period when the coastal storm climate was generally mild and there were no real concerns with coastal hazards and future sea-level rise.
    — Gary Griggs, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Natural limestone bluffs will also be visible and incorporated into the design, new renderings show, similar to the bluff inside the nearby Westin hotel.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of bluff
Noun
  • Thompson’s work is more personal, painted from the perspective of a hiker passing through an open space, looking up and around at the buttes and the flora, exploring unspoiled ground in search of some spiritual connection to nature.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The $450 million carbon-neutral library blends seamlessly into the rolling buttes.
    — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of butte
Noun
  • In 1876, Arthur Lakes, a professor at Jarvis Hall college, discovered several dinosaur fossils on the west side of a hogback west of Denver, including the first fossils to be called stegosaurus.
    — Alia Beard Rau, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • Views to the east take in Red Rocks Park, the Dakota Ridge hogback, Green Mountain and downtown Denver in the distance.
    — John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 May 2026
Definition of hogback
Noun
  • The team used high-resolution topographic data from satellites, aircraft and drones to detect fault scarps, narrow ridges formed when the ground shifts during an earthquake, that were previously hidden under dense forest and glacial deposits.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Surrounding that is the environmental protective garment (EPG), the heavy, visible, outer covering of the suit that protects the astronauts from cuts and punctures on a lunar terrain that bristles with jagged rocks and scarps.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of scarp
Noun
  • America seems to be on the precipice of a future technological golden age.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • On the precipice of Franco’s dictatorship, Cruz’s character is doing the same.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of precipice
Noun
  • Like other firs, the needlelike leaves of the oyamel fir grow directly from the branch, and the needles’ bases, which are shaped like suction cups, leave conspicuous circular scars when the leaves fall.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Severe or repeated infections may leave scars that can permanently reduce kidney function.
    — MD Published, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of scar
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