butte /ˈbjut/
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Butte n. 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.
The creek . . . passes by two remarkable buttes of red conglomerate. --Ruxton.
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butte
n 1: a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has
a flat top and sloping sides
2: a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper