noun Download 🔗Share The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet Examples : "The soldiers carefully descended the scarp of the fort, using ropes to navigate the steep, man-made slope below the protective wall. " military architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment Examples : "The hikers carefully descended the rocky scarp, holding onto ropes to avoid slipping. " geology geography environment nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (earth science) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment Examples : "to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock" geology geography environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading