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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 mountain
Familiarity information: VERSANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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