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undercliffs

undercliffs is the plural of undercliff.

Meaning of undercliff

Noun

undercliff (plural undercliffs)

  1. A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.
    • Between Folkestone and Dover, the main line of the Southern Region crosses a two-mile stretch of undercliff known as Folkestone Warren.1954 September, “Coast Erosion Works in Folkestone Warren”, in Railway Magazine, page 601

Questions about undercliffs

What is undercliffs the plural of?
Undercliffs is the plural of undercliff.

Words near undercliffs in the dictionary

  1. underclerks
  2. underclerkship
  3. underclerkships
  4. undercliff
  5. Undercliffe
  6. undercliffs
  7. undercloak
  8. undercloaked
  9. undercloaking
  10. undercloaks
  11. underclock

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