butte
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butte
a hill that has sloping sides and a flat top: He stood on the butte to survey the valley.
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Butte
(byo͞ot) A city of southwest Montana south-southwest of Helena. It grew in the late 1800s as a mining town, especially after the discovery of copper.
butte
(byo͞ot)n. Chiefly Western US
A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding area and has sloping or vertical sides and a flat top.
[French, from Old French butt, mound behind targets; see butt3.]
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butte
(bjuːt)n
(Physical Geography) Western US and Canadian an isolated steep-sided flat-topped hill
[C19: from French, from Old French bute mound behind a target, from but target; see butt2]
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butte
(byut)n.
an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land, esp. in the western U.S. and Canada.
[1650–60, Amer.; < North American French; French: low hill, mound]
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butte
(byo͞ot) A steep-sided hill with a flat top, often standing alone in an otherwise flat area. A butte is smaller than a mesa.
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butte
A flat-topped, steep-sided mountain or hill smaller than a mesa.
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| Noun | 1. |  butte - a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sideswestern United States, West - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River hill - a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia" |
| 2. | Butte - a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper |
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