Cliff

Word CLIFF
Character 5
Hyphenation cliff
Pronunciations /klɪf/

Definitions and meanings of "Cliff"

What do we mean by cliff?

A high, steep, or overhanging face of rock. noun

A variant of clef. noun

The steep and rugged face of a rocky mass; a steep rock or headland; a precipice. noun

The strata of rock above or between the strata of coal. noun

Hard chalk. 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. noun

A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. noun

Obsolete form of clef. noun

A steep high face of rock noun

A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Cliff

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The word "cliff" in example sentences

Here what they call a cliff was a crumbling bank of whitey-brown earth not fifty feet high. ❋ Herbert George (2006)

It is well to specify that in the preceding remarks the term cliff ruin has been applied to small settlements, comprising generally less than four rooms, sometimes only one or two, and usually located on high and almost inaccessible sites. ❋ Cosmos Mindeleff (N/A)

It's been said that the only good thing that comes of jumping off a cliff is the way the mind becomes wonderfully concentrated. ❋ Ulysses (2008)

Whatever keeps you from throwing her out the window or throwing yourself off a cliff is the right thing to do! tomama Said, ❋ Unknown (2006)

A fourth ingredient, if you really want that push over the cliff, is to include at least one hot chick with hair so big it must have been teased for three days by a team of 20 coke-sniffing orangutans. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Watching a monkey drive a car off a cliff is "fascinating" too, but that doesn't mean I want to see that. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Watching the Liberals follow their socialist leader off the political cliff is wonderful. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You cannot predict the cliff from the flatness of the plateau. ❋ M_francis (2009)

Then one night, I dreamed I stood on top of a mountain cliff, near the edge. ❋ Ulysses (2009)

The economy has stepped back from the edge of the cliff, is picking up steam and the National Bureau of Economic Research has declared the recession is over (which, by the way, a number of market pros strongly dispute). ❋ Dan Dorfman (2010)

In Brooklyn, the beach just over the cliff is where Eilis comes on a Sunday afternoon, where she goes swimming with Jim Farrell and realises how much she likes him. ❋ Susanna Rustin (2010)

The first thing you should do when you are at the edge of a cliff is to recognize that you are at the edge of a cliff. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Telling them that the direction they want this country to take leads off a cliff is not good enough; they must be kept from positions of power because the alternative will result in our mutual destruction. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Inspired by National Geographic wildlife filmmaker stories from the field, the 30 and 45 second brand spots recreate these extraordinary moments from narrowly escaping a treacherous fall while filming on a remote mountain cliff to wading through leech-infested waters in search of howler monkeys. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A puppy flying off a cliff is “sick”, but American soldiers getting killed day in and day out is just “old news”. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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