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cliff falls

cliff falls is the plural of cliff fall.

Meaning of cliff fall

Noun

cliff fall (plural cliff falls)

  1. A (partial) collapse of a cliff, usually due to erosion.
    • SIR,—Hardly a winter passes without the Exeter-Plymouth line suffering either from cliff falls and high tides at Dawlish, or from extensive flooding of the Plym estuary.1959 March, “Letters to the Editor: The closure of redundant main lines”, in Trains Illustrated, page 170

Questions about cliff falls

What is cliff falls the plural of?
Cliff falls is the plural of cliff fall.

Words near cliff falls in the dictionary

  1. cliff edge
  2. cliff edges
  3. cliff face
  4. cliff faces
  5. cliff fall
  6. cliff falls
  7. cliff green
  8. cliff hanger
  9. cliff hangers
  10. cliff lift
  11. cliff lifts

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