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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A monolith in northeast Wyoming rising 386 m (1,267 ft) above the Belle Fourche River.

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  • This is the Devils Tower in Wyoming, which is a columnar basalt formation that most of you probably know from "Close Encouters."

    Matthew Childs' 9 life lessons from rock climbing 2009

  • This is the Devils Tower in Wyoming, which is a columnar basalt formation that most of you probably know from "Close Encouters."

    Matthew Childs' 9 life lessons from rock climbing 2009

  • This is the Devils Tower in Wyoming, which is a columnar basalt formation that most of you probably know from "Close Encouters."

    Matthew Childs' 9 life lessons from rock climbing 2009

  • "That postmaster was responsible for servicing a set of special limited edition pictorial postmarks, which he told me where actually done on top of Devils Tower - this big massive rock formation in what is otherwise the middle of nowhere," Kalish says.

    News 2011

  • A welter of mushrooms and caramelized onions and a knish that stands up on the plate like Devils Tower are distractions from a very tasty prime skirt steak.

    NYT > Home Page By PETE WELLS 2012

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