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a fall of water usually from a great height
  • I used to like to throw sticks in the stream and watch them go over the waterfall

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The first known use of waterfall was before the 12th century

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“Waterfall.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterfall. Accessed 19 January 2020.

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