cuesta

noun

Definition of cuestanext
as in butte

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuesta
  1. butte
  2. cliff
  3. hogback
  4. escarpment
  5. bluff
  6. scarp
  7. precipice
  8. barranca
Noun
  • If Arizona State football's fan culture has defining characteristics, it was constructed between the two buttes of Cynicism and Skepticism.
    Matthew Self, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Perhaps that’s why Sedona attracts such a strong enclave of New Age spiritual devotees searching for metaphysical energy in the vortexes allegedly sprinkled throughout its buttes and spires.
    Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of butte
Noun
  • The effect is genuinely frightening—like a locomotive going off a cliff at full speed.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Zoom out: The restaurant business fell off a cliff during the pandemic but bounced back quickly.
    Annalise Frank, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of cliff
Noun
  • The power lines that are perched on the property, its water scarcity, and the fact that Thunder Valley is surrounded on the hogback by trails and open space means it likely won’t be overrun by a housing development anytime soon.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 8 June 2024
  • The complex sits downhill from the main part of town along a hogback ridge and has its own parking lot.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
Definition of hogback
Noun
  • It was built of a tough wood that only grew along a small escarpment near the village.
    Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The national park promises epic escarpments, striking rock formations, and breathtaking bush walks less than an hour west of Sydney by car.
    Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of escarpment
Noun
  • The hypothesized hand is deduced from betting patterns of the opponents, which include bluffs.
    Jim Euchner, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Another major boost in funding has been awarded to the Orange County Transportation Authority for efforts to secure a coastal rail line threatened by the ocean and collapsing bluffs – this time, $100 million in new federal assistance announced Thursday, Oct. 31.
    Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of bluff
Noun
  • Surrounding that is the environmental protective garment (EPG), the heavy, visible, outer covering of the suit that protects the astronauts from cuts and punctures on a lunar terrain that bristles with jagged rocks and scarps.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The Juno mission, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, has been studying Europa more closely still, documenting ice walls, scarps, and ridges, all suggestive of a surface in constant motion.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of scarp
Noun
  • On the precipice of tying the all-time wins record for a Nuggets head coach, Malone stayed in Denver to watch his daughter Bridget’s high school volleyball team compete in the state tournament Friday night.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The director of Google DeepMind, the tech giant’s formidable AI lab, recognized the Swedish area code on his phone and froze, unable to believe what was on the precipice of happening.
    Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of precipice
Noun
  • From a gnarly lie in the rough, his third shot from 116 yards found the barranca in front of the green.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • Clark held his nerve to the end and was right there with him, even after a rare errant shot into the barranca on the 17th.
    Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2023
Definition of barranca
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