cliff

Etymology 1

From Middle English clyf, from Old English clif, from Proto-Germanic *klibą.

noun

  1. A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
    Coordinate term: bluff
  2. (figurative) A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc.

Etymology 2

noun

  1. (music) Obsolete form of clef.
    Suppose a Person hath learnt to sing in the Treble Cliff only, and would sing Notes prick'd in the Tenor Cliff on the middle tine with F# […] 1723, John Harris, Lexicon Technicum

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