cliff

noun

KLIF/klɪf/

3 meanings of cliff

1
nouncountable
A tall wall of rock that drops down steeply, often where land meets water.
Like a giant wall of rock that drops straight down.
The children stood near the edge of the cliff and looked down at the sea.
Waves crashed against the rocky cliffs all along the shore.
Similarprecipice
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2
nounfigurativelycountable
A point where something suddenly fails or quickly loses its value.
Like walking forward and suddenly the ground drops away beneath you.
The company headed toward a financial cliff after months of heavy losses.
Without new funding, the whole project would soon hit a cliff.
3
nounobsolete
Obsolete form of clef. This is an old spelling of the music sign that shows pitch.
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From an Old English word 'clif', meaning a cliff.