Definitions for scarp

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Spelling: [skahrp]
IPA: /skɑrp/

Scarp is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in scarp (acprs).

Definitions for scarp

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 scarp

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

Examples for scarp

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for scarp
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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