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TAKE THE QUIZsteep-to
adjective
: precipitous
especially
: sloping almost perpendicularly downward
—used especially of a shore or shoal
the north side of the cape is steep-to —
U.S. Coast Pilot: West Indies found steep-to banks inside against which the ships would have to lie —
S. E. Morison
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