Noun escarpment has 2 senses
  1. escarpment, scarp - a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
    --1 is a kind of slope, incline, side
  2. escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment - a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
    --2 is a kind of fortification, munition
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