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{
"term": "cliff",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"image": "data/images/co/coast.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a high area of rock with a very steep side, often at the edge of the sea or ocean",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **cliff edge/top**"
},
{
"text": "the chalk cliffs of southern England"
},
{
"text": "a castle perched high on the cliffs above the river"
},
{
"text": "We set off along the cliff path."
},
{
"text": "Steep cliffs towered above the river."
},
{
"text": "The cliffs fall away to the north."
},
{
"text": "The hotel was perched high on a cliff overlooking the ocean."
},
{
"text": "a long line of cliffs surrounding the bay"
},
{
"text": "crumbling cliffs"
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["high", "towering", "low"],
"… of cliffs": ["line"],
"verb + cliff": ["climb", "scale", "descend"],
"cliff + verb": ["fall", "fall away", "rise"],
"cliff + noun": ["edge", "face", "ledge"],
"phrases": [
"be perched on a cliff",
"the base of the cliff",
"the bottom of the cliff"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to decrease quickly and suddenly in quantity or quality",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Sales fell off a cliff in the first quarter of the year."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/klɪf/",
"audio": "cl/cliff/cliff__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/klɪf/",
"audio": "cl/cliff/cliff__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English clif, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch klif."
}