BUTTE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Butte" is a part of...):

Mont.; Montana; MT; Treasure State (a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("butte" is a kind of...):

hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)

Domain region:

West; western United States (the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River)