"cliff" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \klɪf\, \klɪf\, klɪf Audio: En-us-cliff.ogg Forms: cliffs [plural]
  1. Falaise.
    Sense id: fr-cliff-en-noun-ZbfywZ~M Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Lexique en anglais de la géographie Topics: geography
  2. Escarpement.
    Sense id: fr-cliff-en-noun-ziH6uLHj Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Lexique en anglais de la géographie Topics: geography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: escarpment [formal] [geology] Derived forms: cliffhanger, cliffy, off a cliff Derived forms (corniche): cliff road

Inflected forms

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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The mountain cliff is impossible to climb.",
          "translation": "La falaise montagneuse est impossible à escalader."
        }
      ],
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        "Falaise."
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        {
          "text": "That overhanging cliff blocks a lot of the sunlight for the house.",
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        }
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        }
      ],
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        "Falaise."
      ],
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