steep-sided
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- adjective
- /stiːp saɪdɪd/
:
de paredes empinadas
- When it rained, the steep-sided little canyon filled up with water.
- a steep-sided valley
Examples
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Surrounded by two-story-high walls, the villages were perched on steep-sided mesas, suggesting that their inhabitants built them with defense in mind.
Academic text (2003) -
To reach the hideout, a hiker must first scale Solar Cliffs and Cathedral Peak, and pass through Ndedema Gorge, a steep-sided valley.
Academic text (2011) -
An hour before dawn, they found a steep-sided wadi, drove in, and covered themselves with netting.
Fiction book (1994) -
I was separated from the mystery bird, a female, by a steep-sided clough above Buxton.
Blog text (3) -
Treading water, Gamay pirouetted and saw that she was at the bottom of a steep-sided circular hole.
Fiction book (1999) -
Dunasbroc, as it is known, is a steep-sided conical stack linked to the land by a narrow ramp of rock.
Academic text (2006) -
This second gate and portcullis could trap the unwary attacker in its narrow, steep-sided space.
Fiction book (2001) -
The climb out of the gorge wound around steep-sided buttes of decomposed granite.
Fiction book (1992) -
Using millions of oyster and whelk shells, Precolumbian Indians had constructed tall, steep-sided mounds, ramps, and causeways.
Academic text (2004) -
The hikers carefully climbed the steep-sided cliff to enjoy the breathtaking view at the top.
Synonyms
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2.5
Having a very sharp slope or almost vertical angle
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A very steep slope like a cliff that is dangerous to climb
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4.7
A very steep slope or drop that is often dangerous
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6.3
Very steep and almost straight up, like a cliff
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So steep that it drops almost straight down
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5.4
Very steep and high with a sharp drop at the edge
A place with steep rock sides along its edge
Antonyms
How Steep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word steep-sided comes from the simple parts steep ('rising sharply' or 'very slanted') and side ('side' or 'edge'), so it paints a picture of a hill or cliff with very sharp sides like a wall. That's why steep-sided means a slope, cliff, or valley with very steep or nearly vertical sides.