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VERSANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does versant mean? 

VERSANT (noun)
  The noun VERSANT has 1 sense:

1. the side or slope of a mountainplay

  Familiarity information: VERSANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VERSANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The side or slope of a mountain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

mountainside; versant

Context example:

conifer forests cover the eastern versant

Hypernyms ("versant" is a kind of...):

incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)

Holonyms ("versant" is a part of...):

mount; mountain (a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill)


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