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Abhang — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • escarpment noun A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
  • slant noun A slope or tilt; a sloping surface or line.
  • slope noun A stretch of ground that rises or falls at an angle; or the steepness of any such surface or line.

Senses

Abhang is used for these senses in English:

  • escarpment A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
  • slant A sloped surface or line.
  • slope An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

slant — full definition

  1. noun A slope or tilt; a sloping surface or line.
  2. noun A particular point of view or way of presenting something, often biased.
  3. verb To lean or tilt at an angle.
  4. verb To present information in a biased way.

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