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butte

(US) An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(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].
Origin: Borrowed from . Related to butt via a cognate. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Butte! Come down to The Covellite on Thursday May 7th at 6PM sign The Montana Plan I-194 to stop corporate & dark money and see a free screening of Dark Money!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Pilot Butte, 5/5/2026, 10:10:43 AM”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “nop! butte coem tu thinke aboutte itte, nevre see RALT say itte naem eithre.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Managed to get a brand new recipe up on my site this week! The perfect cookie for when you can’t decide what cookie to make 😍🍽️ #cookies thepracticalkitchen.com/peanut-butte...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Church Butte, 5/5/2026, 10:50:43 AM”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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