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Cliff

Noun CEFR B1
klɪf

Definitions

  1. A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Clifford or Clifton.
  3. A point beyond which something abruptly fails or decreases in value, performance, etc.
  4. A surname.
  5. An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
  6. A census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States.
  7. A hamlet in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2198).
  8. A neighbourhood, The Cliff, in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8201).
  9. A small settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland, appearing on OS maps as Cliobh (OS grid ref NB0835).

Equivalents

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Azərbaycan dilisıldırım
Češtinaútes
Danskklint
Esperantoklifokrutaĵo
Eestikalju
Euskaralabar
فارسیپرتگاه
Gaeilgeaill
Gàidhligcreag
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻipali
עבריתצוקצור
हिन्दीचट्टान
Magyarszirt
Հայերենժայռ
Қазақ тіліжар
ភាសាខ្មែរច្រាំងភ្នំ
Kurdîbergklîppalîyar
Кыргызчаташ
ລາວຜ້າ
Latviešuklints
Te Reo Māoripari
Македонскиспила
മലയാളംപാറ
Монголхад цохио
Bahasa Melayucenuram
नेपालीभीर
Nederlandsklifklip
Shqipshkëmb
Svenskaklippa
ไทยผ้า
Türkçefalezuçmakuçurumyar
ئۇيغۇرچەيار
Tiếng Việtváchvách đá

Examples

“, scar
Suppose a Person hath learnt to sing in the Treble Cliff only, and would sing Notes prick'd in the Tenor Cliff on the middle tine with F# […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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