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

scarp

noun

/skɑːp/

/skɑːrp/

(specialist)

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a very steep slope
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Scarp 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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