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backscarps

backscarps is the plural of backscarp.

Meaning of backscarp

Noun

backscarp (plural backscarps)

  1. The scarp formed by a landslide, located at the rearmost (highest) point. The extent of a landslide runs from backscarp to toe.

Questions about backscarps

What is backscarps the plural of?
Backscarps is the plural of backscarp.

Words near backscarps in the dictionary

  1. backscan
  2. backscanned
  3. backscanning
  4. backscans
  5. backscarp
  6. backscarps
  7. backscatter
  8. backscattered
  9. backscatterer
  10. backscatterers
  11. backscattering

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backscarps (page history and authors); backscarp (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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