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SLANTS |
Slopes |
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ESCARPS |
Steep slopes |
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RAMPS |
Connecting slopes |
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DROPS |
Steep slopes |
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HOTDOG |
Snack taken on ski slopes |
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RIDGE |
Meeting line of opposing roof slopes |
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SKIERS |
Riskier slopes too much for alpine athletes |
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DESCENDANTS |
They come afterwards and modify surrounding slopes |
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HILLSIDES |
Slopes off to do dishes? I’ll get changed |
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BEVELS |
A piece of ground or surface that slopes |
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SNOWBOUND |
Headed for the ski slopes but trapped by blizzard |
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VALLEY |
The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a
flat roof. |
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SUBALPINE |
Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of
mountains, but considerably below the snow line. |
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GRADIENT |
A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a
portion of a way not level; a grade. |
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CATCHWORK |
A work or artificial water-course for throwing water on
lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain. |
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BOSH |
The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or
the widest space at the top of this part. |
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SLOPE |
To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the
plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes. |
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MANSARD ROOF |
A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides
two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one. |
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AMPHITHEATRE |
Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a
level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a
theater. |
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DORMER WINDOW |
A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be
vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or
houselike structure, in which it is contained. |