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Definition of scarp noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

scarp

noun
 
/skɑːp/
 
/skɑːrp/
(specialist)
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  1. a very steep slope
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryScarp is used after these nouns:
    • fault
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (with reference to fortification): from Italian scarpa.
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