cliff

Speech parts

1. cliff - Noun

2. Cliff - Proper noun

Meaning

A high, steep rock; a precipice.

See Clef.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bluff promontory crag headland drop escarpment precipice rock face sheer drop sierra hill ridge highland cay alp
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Antonyms

meadow increasing ocean silken double expand
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Hypernyms

formation geological formation

Hyponyms

crag precipice

Phrases with the word

if someone told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it cliff edge cliff stonecrop cliff-base debris steep cliff cliff climber

Examples

As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Oliver Goldsmith

How would you like to have a thousand brilliantly colored cliff swallows keeping house in the eaves of your barn, and gobbling up insects over your farm at the rate of 100,000 per day? There are many Wisconsin farmsteads where such a swallow-show is a distinct possibility. Aldo Leopold

Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down. Ray Bradbury

When one is in love, a cliff becomes a meadow. Ethiopian Proverb

No cliff is so tall it cannot be climbed. Hawaiian Proverb

Rein in the horse at the edge of the cliff. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

clientworthy Cliett Clifden cliff bedstraw cliff brake cliff climber