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Word entry · 9 letters

waterfall

Best crossword clue

"Cascade from a cliff"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/Part of speech nounSorted aaefllrtwStarts with WEnds with L10 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a steep descent of the water of a river

Word origin

From Middle English waterfal, waterfalle, from Old English wæterġefeall (“waterfall”), equivalent to water + fall. Cognate with West Frisian wetterfal (“waterfall”), Dutch waterval (“waterfall”), German Wasserfall (“waterfall”), Swedish vattenfall (“waterfall”).

Used in a sentence

  • Hello, my love, I heard a kiss from you / Red magic satin playing near too / All through the morning rain I gaze, the sun doesn't shine / Rainbows and waterfalls run through my mind
  • A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.
  • A very long project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.

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Used as a crossword answer10 curated clues

01Cascade from a cliff9 letters
02Cascade in nature9 letters
03Cascade over a drop9 letters
04Cascade over rocks9 letters
05Falling stream in nature9 letters
06Falling stream over rocks9 letters
07Natural cascade9 letters
08River drop over rocks9 letters
09River's dramatic drop9 letters
10Dropping river feature9 letters

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