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potrero

potrero noun: a long mesa on the flank of a mountain.

Noun

potrero (plural potreros)

  1. A long mesa on the flank of a mountain.
    • Her driver was new to the country; he mightn't be prepared for the leaping of the yellow water down dry arroyos, swift as the pouncings of a cat, or the snake-like slidings of tons of loosened rock and clay from the steep potreros […]1931, Mary Hunter Austin, Starry Adventure, page 274
    • They went to work on the green colts daybreak Sunday morning, dressing in the half dark in clothes still wet from their washing them the night before and walking out to the potrero before the stars were down, eating a cold tortilla wrapped around a scoop of cold beans and no coffee and carrying...1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 105

Proper noun capitalized: Potrero

Potrero

  1. A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.

Forms of potrero

pluralpotreros

Origin of potrero

Borrowed from Spanish potrero.

Phrases with potrero

Questions about potrero

What does potrero mean?
Potrero means a long mesa on the flank of a mountain.
What part of speech is potrero?
Potrero can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of potrero?
The plural of potrero is potreros.

Words near potrero in the dictionary

  1. potracked
  2. potracking
  3. potracks
  4. Potratz
  5. Potratzes
  6. potrero
  7. potreros
  8. potrzebie
  9. potrzebies
  10. pots
  11. pots o' one

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