Cliff

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  • noun. A high, steep, or overhanging face of rock.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The steep and rugged face of a rocky mass; a steep rock or headland; a precipice.
  • noun. A variant of clef.
  • noun. The strata of rock above or between the strata of coal.
  • noun. Hard chalk.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See clef.
  • noun. A high, steep rock; a precipice.
  • noun. a North American swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons), which builds its nest against cliffs; the eaves swallow.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
  • noun. Obsolete form of clef.
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  • noun. a steep high face of rock
  • Word Usage
    "Here what they call a cliff was a crumbling bank of whitey-brown earth not fifty feet high."