"buttes" in the noun sense
1. butte
a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region has a flat top and sloping sides
2. Butte
a town in southwestern Montana center for mining copper
"buttes" in the verb sense
1. border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
"Canada adjoins the U.S."
"England marches with Scotland"
2. butt, bunt
to strike, thrust or shove against
"He butted his sister out of the way"
"The goat butted the hiker with his horns"
3. butt
place end to end without overlapping
"The frames must be butted at the joints"
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