Definition of "piedmont" [piedmont]

• An area of land formed or lying at the foot of a mountain or mountain range. (noun)
• Of, relating to, or constituting such an area of land. (adjective)

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• "The sharp relief of the mountains, with their grass-covered summits, precipitous slopes and flat open piedmont, is formed by a ridge of iron-quartzite emerging from softer metamorphic rocks."
• "The inspiration came from having carne crudo (and nebbiolo) that is so ubiquitous in piedmont."
• "At the base of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains, shallow soils derived from sedimentary rocks support a particular community known as piedmont scrub."