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Definition of cliff : 1. A high, steep rock; a precipice.
2. See Clef.

Synonyms:

drop curtain, free fall, decrease, slump, hill, lessening, drop cloth, falloff, drop, dip, fall, pearl, mountain, driblet, slack, drop-off, drib, bead, falling off

escarpment, reef, bluff, wall, precipice, crag, boulder, stone, palisade, rock

Usage examples:

• Several surgeons and students among us had extemporised an hospital in the shelter of a cliff. - "In the Track of the Troops", R.M. Ballantyne.
• So they all climbed the cliff where they could get a good view. - "The Later Cave-Men", Katharine Elizabeth Dopp.
• He stood on the edge of the little cliff, above the road between the dark mountains and the sea black with depth. - "The Dark Flower", John Galsworthy.