1) Brink 2) Cliff 3) Edge 4) Peril
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1) Cliff 2) Crag 3) Drop 4) Drop-off 5) Face 6) French word used in English 7) Overhang 8) Rock face 9) Sea cliff 10) Steep sheer cliff face
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• (n.) A sudden or headlong fall. • (n.) A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff.
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1. A sudden or headlong fall. ... 2. A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff. 'Where wealth like fruit on precipices grew.' (Dryden) ... Origin: F. Precipice, L. Praecipitium, fr. Praeceps, -cipitis, headlong; prae = before + caput, capitis, the head. See Pre-, and Chief. ... Source: Webster...
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a high, sheer cliff
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Prec'i·pice noun [ French
précipice , Latin
praecipitium , from
praeceps ,
-cipitis , headlong;
prae before +
caput ,
capitis , the head. See
Pre- , and
Chief .]
1. A sudden or headlong fall. [ Obsolete]
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n] - a very steep cliff
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precipice 1. An overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; such as, a crag or the face of a cliff. 2. The brink of a dangerous or disastrous situation: 'The school team was on the precipice of defeat.' 3. Etymology: from 'fall to great depth'; from French précipice, from Latin præcipitium, 'a steep place'; literally, 'a fall' or 'leap'; from ...
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noun a very steep cliff
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a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face. · a situation of great peril: on the precipice of war.
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[Lexical terms] a very steep cliff
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