cascade
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3.7
- noun
- /kæˈskeɪd/
:
cascada
- As we hiked through the forest, we stopped to admire the small cascade of water tumbling down the rocky cliff.
- pool below the cascade
Examples
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The lower falls are a series of cascades, and in autumn the color there is stunning.
Academic text (2007) -
Her hair was long and brown and splashed in an unruly cascade about her face and neck.
Fiction book (1990) -
And then this is the early cascade right there.
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The leaves came down in their green shower, a cascade, turning, just turning.
Fiction book (2001) -
A small stream was in the foreground with a beautiful cascade of water.
Fiction book (1994) -
There's a path that goes behind the cascade, so bring your waterproof camera.
Blog text (31) -
So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her, rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her footfall caused a soft cascade of pebbles to spill down the slope.
Fiction book (2001) -
The waters descended in cascades; it was as if the land were the fruit of the sky's humid mouth.
Fiction book (1995) -
The alder-covered mountains were streaked by waterfalls and cascading streams.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
203
1.1
A place where water drops steeply over rocks or a cliff
119
1.0
A place where water falls over a high drop in a river or stream
Compounds
1
3.5
A mountain range in northwest United States running through Washington, Oregon and northern California with volcanic peaks
- Australian
A small shrub with white woolly leaves and long sprays of fragrant flowers used for drying
- Specialized
A machine that turns gases like air or oxygen into liquid by cooling them in several stages
A plant that lives many years and has blue to purple flowers at the ends of tall leafy stems
A long mountain range in the northwest United States across Washington, Oregon and northern California
- Specialized
A group of electrical devices connected one after another to make very high voltage
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Etymology
Cascade comes from the Italian cascata, which means 'waterfall' and comes from an old verb meaning 'to fall'. So a cascade is a small waterfall or a series of little falls that drop down a slope.