CLIFF

cliff, drop, drop-off

(noun) a steep high face of rock; “he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town”; “a steep drop”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Shortening for the diminutive.

Proper noun

Cliff

A diminutive of the male given name Clifford or Clifton.

A surname.

An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.

A census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States.

A hamlet in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2198).

A neighbourhood, The Cliff in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8201).

A small settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland, appearing on OS maps as Cliobh (OS grid ref NB0835).

Etymology 1

Noun

cliff (plural cliffs)

A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

Synonym: precipice

Hyponym: escarpment

Coordinate term: bluff

(figurative) A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc.

Etymology 2

Noun

cliff (plural cliffs)

(music) Obsolete form of clef.

Source: Wiktionary

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Cliff, n. Etym: [AS. clif, cloef; akin to OS. klif, D. klif, klip, Icel. klif, Dan. & G. klippe, Sw. klippa; perh. orig. a climbing place. See Climb.]

Definition: A high, steep rock; a precipice. Cliff swallow (Zoöl.), a North American swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons), which builds its nest against cliffs; the eaves swallow.

Cliff, n. (Mus.)

Definition: See Clef. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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