cliff face

English

Noun

cliff face (plural cliff faces)

1. The very steep, vertical, or overhanging section of rock, earth, or ice slope usually free of any vegetation or loose material.
   • 2021 October 20, “Network News: £25m to reduce Newport landslips”, in RAIL, number 942, page 8:

     Commencing next summer, 30,000 tonnes of cliff face will be removed, and mesh-and-bolt caging installed on a three-mile section to stabilise the surface and prevent rock falls.

Translations

a very steep section of a slope

• Finnish: kallioseinämä (rock), kalliojyrkänne (rock)
• German: Felswand (de) f (rock), Bergwand (de) f
• Maori: taparerenga
• Punjabi: ਕੰਧ (kandh)
• Romanian: perete de stâncă m (rock)