cliffside
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈklɪfˌsaɪd/
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acantilado
- He carefully navigated the narrow path along the cliffside to reach the summit.
- cliffside encampment
- cliffside road
- rocky cliffside
Examples
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We used to stand on the cliffside, and right there, right in front of us was something so much more powerful than we'll ever be.
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We drove on like the cliffside highway to Monaco.
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What can this startling collection of artifacts found last year in a cliffside cave in northern Israel mean?
Academic text (2009) -
From the main town, she ascended a cliffside pathway of teeth sharp as arrowheads, large as stepping-stones.
Fiction book (2002) -
We walked past several of the dagobas and into a hut perched precariously on a cliffside.
Fiction book (1994) -
Overhead, a red-tailed hawk banked hard, then swooped down the cliffside below.
Blog text (26) -
Up in the cliffside camp, I saw movement—glinting pricks of light.
Fiction book (1993) -
In the bright buff colors of the desert, this songbird eludes predatory falcons by camouflaging itself in the blackest cliffside shadows.
Academic text (1991) -
We enjoyed a picnic on the cliffside while watching the waves crash below.
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The view from the cliffside was breathtaking as the sun set over the ocean.
Synonyms
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1.0
A high, steep edge of rock or ground often by the sea
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5.3
A steep high face of rock, like a cliff
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7.4
A very steep cliff with a sudden drop
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3.6
The outer part of a cliff where the ground drops down sharply
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5.5
A very steep edge of land or rock
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8.2
A long steep slope or cliff that separates higher land from lower land
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8.4
A steep cliff at the top of a small mountain valley
Very steep and high, like the edge of a cliff
A steep rocky bank beside a river or stream
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cliffside comes from cliff and side, so picture the steep 'edge' of a cliff where a village or a lighthouse might stand. That's why as a noun cliffside means 'the steep side or edge of a cliff'.