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."