Definitions for scarps

scarps scarp

Spelling: [skahrp]
IPA: /skɑrp/

Scarps is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in scarps (acprss).

Definitions for scarps

noun

  1. a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
  2. Fortification. an escarp.

verb (used with object)

  1. to form or cut into a steep slope.

Origin of scarps

First recorded in 1580-90, scarp is from the Italian word scarpa a slope. See escarp

Examples for scarps

The first up, on clearing the scarp, have their eyes upon the Dutchman.

There were several hits on the scarp, but none of the guns were touched.

He slid down the scarp and went on, heartened by the increase of light.

He was within an ace of capture, and to save himself was forced back from the scarp.

A pale, level line of it cut across the scarp of the Big Hill.

There were several hits on the scarp, but none of the guns were in any way injured.

He stood beneath a scarp of black rock, notched with a single pass.

A fosse, flooded by the waters of the Angara, was dug between the scarp and counterscarp.

A portion of the scarp was provided with palisades some ten feet high.

The scarp is about 40 feet high at the highest point; (Fig. 242).

Word Value for scarps
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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