- a high area of rock with a very steep side, often at the edge of the sea or ocean
- the cliff edge/top
- the chalk cliffs of southern England
- a castle perched high on the cliffs above the river
- We set off along the cliff path.
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyb2- Steep cliffs towered above the river.
- The cliffs fall away to the north.
- The hotel was perched high on a cliff overlooking the ocean.
- a long line of cliffs surrounding the bay
- crumbling cliffs
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- towering
- low
- …
- line
- climb
- scale
- descend
- …
- fall
- fall away
- rise
- …
- edge
- face
- ledge
- …
- be perched on a cliff
- the base of the cliff
- the bottom of the cliff
- …
Word OriginOld English clif, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch klif.Definitions on the go
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Idioms
See cliff in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryfall off a cliff
- (informal) to decrease quickly and suddenly in quantity or quality
- Sales fell off a cliff in the first quarter of the year.
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