Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: butte
IPA transcription: [bj'ut]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Butte
    Meaning: a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper
  • Synonyms: butte
    Meaning: a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
Usage examples
  • The next morning the young man awoke and went on toward the next butte.
  • Beyond the next butte from her lodge you will find the camp of the ghosts."
  • When they drew near to the camp the woman went on ahead and sat down on a butte.
  • I myself have no great power to help you, but over by that far butte beyond, lives another old woman.
  • They left the ghost country to go home, and on the fourth day the wife said to her husband, "Open your eyes." He looked about him and saw that those who had been with them had disappeared, and he found that they were standing in front of the old woman's lodge by the butte.