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cliff lift

cliff lift noun: a funicular that runs between the top and the bottom of a cliff, usually at a seaside location.

cliff lift: a funicular that runs between the top and the bottom of a cliff, usually at a seaside location
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Noun

cliff lift (plural cliff lifts)

  1. (UK) A funicular that runs between the top and the bottom of a cliff, usually at a seaside location.
    • A branch of rail transport that seems to been rather neglected by historians is that concerned with cliff railways, of which a fair number exist in Great Britain. This is probably because these lines are overshadowed by the more spectacular funicular railways in Switzerland and other mountainous...1951 August, P. W. Gentry, “Cliff Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 514
    Synonyms:
    cliff railway
  2. A vertical lift or elevator serving the same purpose at some locations.

Synonyms of cliff lift

Forms of cliff lift

pluralcliff lifts

Questions about cliff lift

What does cliff lift mean?
Cliff lift means a funicular that runs between the top and the bottom of a cliff, usually at a seaside location.
What part of speech is cliff lift?
Cliff lift is a noun.
What is the plural of cliff lift?
The plural of cliff lift is cliff lifts.

Words near cliff lift in the dictionary

  1. cliff fall
  2. cliff falls
  3. cliff green
  4. cliff hanger
  5. cliff hangers
  6. cliff lift
  7. cliff lifts
  8. cliff notes
  9. cliff railway
  10. cliff railways
  11. cliff rose

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