Definition of "precipices" [precipices]

• Plural form of precipice. (noun)

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• "The trail wasn't three feet wide on the crest, and on either side the ridge fell away in precipices hundreds of feet deep."
• "The peak rises abruptly, by a series of cliffs which may properly be termed precipices, a clear 5000 feet above the glaciers which surround its base."
• "The great hills rose sheer and rugged a mile away; the cocoanuts ceased at a lower level, and where I stood the precipices were a mass of wild trees, bushes, and creepers."