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Word entry · 7 letters

cascade

Best crossword clue

"Waterfall sequence"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /kæsˈkeɪd/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aaccdesStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible

Word origin

From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.

Used in a sentence

  • Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade.
  • The silver brook […] pours the white cascade.
  • 2001, Richard Restak, The Secret Life of the Brain, Joseph Henry Press The rise in serotonin levels sets off a cascade of chemical events

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