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precipices

precipices is the plural of precipice.

Meaning of precipice

Noun

precipice (plural precipices)

  1. A very steep cliff.
    • I resolved to remove my tent from the place where it stood, which was just under the hanging precipice of the hill; and which, if it should be shaken again, would certainly fall upon my tent[…]1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC
  2. (figuratively) The brink of a dangerous situation.
    • to stand on a precipice
  3. (obsolete) A headlong fall or descent.

Questions about precipices

What is precipices the plural of?
Precipices is the plural of precipice.

Words near precipices in the dictionary

  1. precipes
  2. precipice
  3. precipice bond
  4. precipice bonds
  5. precipiced
  6. precipices
  7. precipient
  8. precipients
  9. precipitabilities
  10. precipitability
  11. precipitable

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