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BUTTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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)
