CLIFF: значение слова

[klɪf]
сущ.

1) а) обрыв, клиф (образуемый прибойной морской волной) б) пропасть Syn : precipice

2) крутой склон, откос; холм; утес ice cliff ≈ ледниковый барьер We went straight up the cliff. ≈ Мы шли вверх по склону.

утес, отвесная скала - the white *s of Dover белые скалы Дувра крутой обрыв

cliff крутой обрыв ~ отвесная скала; утес

of displacement
обрыв сброса

noun
Etymology: Middle English clif, from Old English; akin to Old High German klep cliff, Old Norse klif Date: before 12th century a very steep, vertical, or overhanging face of rock, earth, or ice ; precipice , cliffy adjective

cliff dweller
noun
Date: 1881


1. often capitalized C&D a member of a prehistoric American Indian people of the southwestern United States who built their homes on rock ledges or in the natural recesses of canyon walls and cliffs, a member of any cliff-dwelling people, a resident of a large usually metropolitan apartment building, cliff dwelling noun

cliff dwelling
noun see: cliff dweller

cliff swallow
noun
Date: 1825
a colonial swallow ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ) of the New World with a pale buff rump and dark throat patch that builds mud nests resembling jugs especially under eaves and on cliffs