From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Nature, Geographybuttebutte /bjuːt/ noun [countable]DNSGa hill with steep sides and a flat top in the western USExamples from the Corpusbutte• We saw mesas and buttes, red rock under smoothbluesky for the first time in our lives.• Cactus-covered buttes stand in sharpcontrast to the blue water, making this an idyllicspot for a getaway.• Across the flat tableland are almost 100 red and orangemonolithicsandstonebuttes and mesas jutting skywards.• Above the buttes, the mile-high white clouds were as flat on the bottom as paperweights.Originbutte(1800-1900)French"small hill", from Old Frenchbute"pile of earth"