Phrase Hound found 3 phrases and 16 compound words that contain scarp. The most common are listed below. Open scarp in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 3
- Darling ScarpA low escarpment running north–south to the east of the Swan Coastal Plain and Perth, Western Australia.
- fault scarpA step-like feature formed by the slippage of a short section of the surface along a fault line.
- anti-scarpAn uphill-facing scarp
Compound words 16
- backscarpThe scarp formed by a landslide, located at the rearmost (highest) point. The extent of a landslide runs from backscarp to toe.
- scarplandA landscape characterised by scarps.
- scarpletA small scarp.
- counterscarpThe outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
- antiscarpAlternative form of anti-scarp: An uphill-facing scarp
- Scarpatisplural of Scarpati: A surname from Italian.
- Scarpellisplural of Scarpelli: A surname.
- scarpersthird-person singular simple present indicative of scarper: Chiefly in scarper the letty: to depart quickly or run away from (a place); to flee.
- scarphedsimple past and past participle of scarph
- scarphingpresent participle and gerund of scarph