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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

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