how to pronounce escarpment

/ɛsˈkɑːɹpmənt/

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escarpment is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of escarpment

noun:

A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.

escarpment frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word escarpment occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics escarpment can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that escarpment can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

words with pronunciation similar to escarpment

escapement