Butte
Pronunciation : Butte
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. See Butt a bound.]
Definition : Defn: A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region. The creek . . . passes by two remarkable buttes of red conglomerate. Ruxton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913