Arete

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  • n. Virtue, excellence.
  • n. Alternative spelling of arête.
    • Word Usage
    "The peaks were known as arete, where two glaciers had crawled up opposite sides of a mountain and formed a jagged, narrow ridge like the blade of a serrated knife."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ridgeline    ridge   
     
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