bluff
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5.5
- noun
- /blʌf/
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acantilado
- On our hike, we found a stunning vista at the top of the bluff overlooking the valley.
- river bluffs
- bluffs overlooking rivers
- eroding bluffs
One's glad to wake up alive in a tent on a bluff over an inlet.
- One's glad to wake up alive in a tent on a bluff over an inlet.
- And you give this incredibly emotional, powerful, poignant speech upon the Bluffs before the paddle out.
- Suddenly an artillery shell struck a spot on the nearby beach below a bluff and exploded.
- For a large portion of the California coast, there are these Bluffs.
Examples
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There are houses going up along the bluffs and in Springer Canyon.
Fiction book (1990) -
One's glad to wake up alive in a tent on a bluff over an inlet.
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Within moments, they were moving east away from the bluff and toward the Mermidon.
Fiction book (1993) -
Smith leads me to the edge of a north-facing bluff that drops about 20 feet into the water.
Academic text (2008) -
Morgan noticed that the bluffs along the river had changed and lost their trees.
Fiction book (1994) -
He built this home on a little bluff overlooking the valley where Phoenix is.
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Some 12 miles from Hatahara, on a bluff overlooking the Amazon, is a site called Lagina.
Academic text (2010) -
Briarcliff Manor sat on a bluff overlooking the waterworks, the turnpike, and the municipal airport.
Fiction book (1991) -
D'Artagnan, on horseback, pauses on a bluff overlooking the magnificent city on the Seine.
Fiction book (1993) -
Coggins's farm, Crescent Farm, occupied 350 acres on a bluff across the Etowah River from Canton.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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1.0
A high, steep edge of rock or ground often by the sea
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3.4
The steep side of a cliff that looks over the sea
A steep rocky bank beside a river or stream
A steep, eroded slope of earth beside a river, road, or railway
Idioms
- Informal
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6.3
Challenge someone to prove they are serious when you think they are not
Compounds
How Steep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bluff The word bluff for a steep river bank probably comes from an old idea of something 'broad' or 'blunt', meaning a wide, high face of earth or rock. So a bluff is a high, broad cliff that stands out above the river.