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buttes

/bjuːts/

buttes is the plural of butte.

Meaning of butte

Noun

butte (plural buttes)

  1. (US) An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
    • Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars].2013 November 27, John Grotzinger, “The world of Mars”, in The New York Times

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Proper noun capitalized: Buttes

Buttes

  1. (plural) plural of Butte

Words that rhyme with buttes

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Questions about buttes

What is buttes the plural of?
Buttes is the plural of butte.
What part of speech is buttes?
Buttes is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce buttes?
Buttes is pronounced /bjuːts/.

Words near buttes in the dictionary

  1. buttery bars
  2. buttery hatch
  3. buttery hatches
  4. buttery smooth
  5. Butterys
  6. buttes
  7. Buttevant
  8. buttface
  9. buttfaces
  10. buttfuck
  11. buttfuck nowhere

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