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Definition of 'Butte' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) butte
an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land, esp. in the western U.S. and Canada.

Etymology:  (1650–60, Amer.; < North American F; F: low hill, mound)

Definition of 'Butte' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) butte
a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides

2. (noun) Butte
a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper


Definition of 'Butte' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Butte
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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