Definition of butte Butte

/bjuˈt/ - [byut] - Butte

We found 6 definitions of butte from 5 different sources.

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: buttes

butte - a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper
butte - a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
  hill a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • butte (Noun)
    An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • butte (n.)
    A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • butte
    būt, but, n. any conspicuous and isolated hill or peak, esp. in the Rocky Mountain region. [Fr.]

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