ETYM AS. clif, cloef; akin to OS. klif, Dutch klif, klip, Icel. klif, Dan. and German klippe, Swed. klippa; perh. orig. a climbing place. Related to Climb.
A steep high face of rock; SYN. drop-off.

A steep rugged rock or cliff.
In previously glaciated areas, a large lump of rock that a glacier has been unable to wear away. As the glacier passed up and over the crag, weaker rock on the far side was largely protected from erosion and formed a tapering ridge, or tail, of debris.
An example of a crag-and-tail feature is found in Edinburgh in Scotland; Edinburgh Castle was built on the crag (Castle Rock), which dominates the city beneath. + prikaži više

1. A lump of hard consolidated mineral matter; SYN. stone.
2. Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; SYN. stone.
3. Pitching dangerously to one side; SYN. careen, sway, tilt.
4. Constituent of the Earth's crust, composed of mineral particles and/or materials of organic origin consolidated into a hard mass as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rocks. + prikaži više