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  1. cliff
  2. cliff brake
  3. cliff dweller
  4. cliff-green
  5. cliff-hang
  6. cliff-hanger
  7. cliff rose
  8. cliff swallow
  9. fault cliff
  10. Oregon cliff brake
  11. purple cliff brake
  12. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
  13. fragrant shield fern

cliff

noun \ˈklif\

Definition of CLIFF

: a very steep, vertical, or overhanging face of rock, earth, or ice : precipice
— cliffy \ˈkli-fē\ adjective
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Examples of CLIFF

  1. Standing at the edge of the cliff, we watched the waves crash on the shore far below.
  2. rock climbers scaling steep cliffs

Origin of CLIFF

Middle English clif, from Old English; akin to Old High German klep cliff, Old Norse klif
First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to CLIFF

Synonyms
barranca (also barranco), bluff, crag, escarpment, palisade, precipice, scar, scarp

Other Geology Terms

anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale

Rhymes with CLIFF

biff, diff, glyph, if, iff, jiff, miff, quiff, riff, skiff, sniff, spiff, spliff, stiff, syph, tiff, whiff

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