Definitions for butte
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. buttenoun

   a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides

2. Buttenoun

   a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. buttenoun

   an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top

2. Buttenoun

   a city in Montana

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1. Butte

   In geomorphology, a butte () is an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; buttes are smaller landforms than mesas, plateaus, and tablelands. The word butte comes from a French word meaning knoll (but of any size); its use is prevalent in the Western United States, including the southwest where mesa (Spanish for "table") is used for the larger landform. Due to their distinctive shapes, buttes are frequently landmarks in plains and mountainous areas. To differentiate the two landforms, geographers use the rule of thumb that a mesa has a top that is wider than its height, while a butte has a top that is narrower than its height.

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1. butte

   A butte is a flat-topped hill or mountain, typically surrounded by steep cliffs, formed by erosion of sedimentary rocks, especially in arid regions. They are smaller in area at the top than mesas, another similar geological formation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Buttenoun

   a detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region

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1. Butte

   A butte is a conspicuous isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; buttes are smaller than mesas, plateaus, and table landforms. In some regions, such as the north central and northwestern United States, the word is used for any hill. The word butte comes from a French word meaning "small hill"; its use is prevalent in the western United States, including the southwest, where "mesa" is also used. Because of their distinctive shapes, buttes are frequently landmarks in plains and mountainous areas. In differentiating mesas and buttes, geographers use the rule that a mesa has a top wider than its height, while a butte's top is narrower. Three classic buttes are Scotts Bluff in Nebraska, Crested Butte in Colorado, and Elephant Butte in New Mexico. Among the well-known non-flat-topped buttes in the United States are Bear Butte, South Dakota, and Black Butte, Oregon. In many cases, buttes have been given other names that do not use the word butte, for example, Courthouse Rock, Nebraska. Also, some large hills that are technically not buttes have names using butte, an example of which is Kamiak Butte in Washington State.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Butte

   būt, but, n. any conspicuous and isolated hill or peak, esp. in the Rocky Mountain region. [Fr.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BUTTE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Butte is ranked #37735 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Butte surname appeared 589 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Butte.
   
   81.6% or 481 total occurrences were White.
   5.6% or 33 total occurrences were Asian.
   5.2% or 31 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.9% or 23 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   2% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.5% or 9 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Montana
   • Hill
   • Town

How to pronounce butte?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of butte in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of butte in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of butte in a Sentence

1. Harry Reid:

   President Obama is a courageous man. I could not be more grateful to him and his team for working with me to make this happen, and for everything he has done to protect public lands in Nevada. By designating Gold Butte a national monument, President Obama has shown once again why he is one of greatest environmental presidents in American history.

2. Gregg Losinski:

   This holy mountain of ours, Bear Butte, is named because of the mightiness of the grizzly, we have a lot of history with this great animal and many stories. Grizzlies are like humans. We respect them for being like us.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=butte
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Butte
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butte
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butte
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=butte
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=butte
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html