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Definition of "cliff" []

  • A high, steep, or overhanging face of rock. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cliff" in a sentence
  • "Here what they call a cliff was a crumbling bank of whitey-brown earth not fifty feet high."
  • "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."
  • "It's been said that the only good thing that comes of jumping off a cliff is the way the mind becomes wonderfully concentrated."