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noun
a high steep face of a rock.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English clif, Old English, cognate with Dutch, Low German, Old Norse klif
before 900; Middle English clif, Old English, cognate with Dutch, Low German, Old Norse klif
Related forms
cliff·like, adjective
Synonyms
bluff, promontory, ledge, crag.
bluff, promontory, ledge, crag.
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Cliff
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- They'll jingle it a little to the left or right if they want me to avoid a rock or a cliff.
- One environment included a flat plain that ended in a cliff with a soaring vista of the sky.
- Someone needs to be the first lemming over the cliff.
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Word Origin & History
cliff
O.E. clif, from P.Gmc. *kliban, perhaps from PIE base *gleibh- "to adhere, be attached."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
cliff
steep slope of earth materials, usually a rock face, that is nearly vertical and may be overhanging. Structural cliffs may form as the result of fault displacement or the resistance of a cap rock to uniform downcutting. Erosional cliffs form along shorelines or valley walls where the most extensive erosion takes place at the base of the slope. Because of their greater gradient, cliffs are subjected to greater erosive action and tend to retreat more rapidly than other slopes.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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