slope B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /sloʊp/ UK /sləʊp/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like slop /ɑ/ vs /oʊ/ Freq #10498 Meanings 1 noun A surface or piece of ground that goes up or down at an angle. I had to climb a small slope to reach the house. 2 noun The amount by which a surface rises or falls. The road has a very steep downward slope at that point. 3 verb To be at an angle, rising or falling. The garden slopes gently down to the river. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a surface or piece of... hillinclinebankgradient 2 noun · the amount by which a... gradient 3 verb · to be at an angle, rising... pitch More cantchinamanchinkelevationgrade Word family Forms slopedslopessloping Derived forms backslopecounterslopedownslopefootslopeforeslopehillslopeinterslopemidslopemountainslopepalaeoslopepaleoslopepostslope Related forms acclivousgentlehorizontalinclinedprecipitoussheerslantedslopedsteeptiltedvertical Common collocations glide slope Noun + noun Etymology From aslope (adjective, adverb). Topics Space, Position & Direction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # slope **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /sloʊp/ **IPA (UK):** /sləʊp/ **Frequency rank:** 10498 ## Meanings 1. A surface or piece of ground that goes up or down at an angle. 2. The amount by which a surface rises or falls. 3. To be at an angle, rising or falling. ## Examples - I had to climb a small slope to reach the house. - The road has a very steep downward slope at that point. - The garden slopes gently down to the river. ## Synonyms - cant - chinaman - chink - elevation - grade - gradient ## Derived Forms - backslope - counterslope - downslope - footslope - foreslope - hillslope - interslope - midslope - mountainslope - palaeoslope - paleoslope - postslope ## Related Forms - acclivous - gentle - horizontal - inclined - precipitous - sheer - slanted - sloped - steep - tilted - vertical ## Etymology From aslope (adjective, adverb). ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction markdown