Meaning of Butte | Babel Free
ˈbjuːtDefinitions
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An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top. US
- A surname.
- A placename
- A census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States, with which it is a consolidated city-county known as Butte-Silver Bow.
- A village, the county seat of Boyd County, Nebraska, United States.
- A city and village in McLean County, North Dakota, United States.
Equivalents
Examples
“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].”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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