cliff
See also: Cliff
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English clyf, from Old English clif, from Proto-Germanic *klibą.
Noun
cliff (plural cliffs)
- A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
- Synonym: precipice
- Hyponym: escarpment
- Coordinate term: bluff
- (figurative) A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc.
Derived terms
Terms derived from cliff
Translations
a (near) vertical rock face
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Etymology 2
Noun
cliff (plural cliffs)
- (music) Obsolete form of clef.
- 1723, John Harris, Lexicon Technicum:
- Suppose a Person hath learnt to sing in the Treble Cliff only, and would sing Notes prick'd in the Tenor Cliff on the middle tine with F# […]
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