ASCENT
/ษหsษnt/
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
A(1) S(1) C(3) E(1) N(1) T(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/ษหsษnt/
noun
- The act of ascending; a motion upwards.“He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.”
- The way or means by which one ascends.“There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.”
- An eminence, hill, or high place.
- The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.“The road has an ascent of 5 degrees.”
- The ascender height in a typeface.
Source: Wiktionary
