cliff
/klɪf/ noun B1- A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. · , scar
- A point beyond which something abruptly fails or decreases in value, performance, etc.
Plural cliffs
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The face which was turned towards us formed a dark cliff, with ferns and brambles growing in its niches.
A DOE blind in one eye was accustomed to graze as near to the edge of the cliff as she possibly could, in the hope of securing her greater safety.
SOME TRAVELERS, journeying along the seashore, climbed to the summit of a tall cliff, and looking over the sea, saw in the distance what they thought was a large ship.
On that side a ridge of rocks ended in a sheer cliff which overlooked a stone-strewn slope.
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