precipice
noun /ˈpresəpɪs/
/ˈpresəpɪs/
- a very steep side of a high cliff, mountain or rock
enlarge image- (figurative) The country was now on the edge of a precipice (= very close to disaster).
Wordfinder- altitude
- foothill
- mountain
- peak
- precipice
- ridge
- slope
- summit
- valley
- volcano
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyc2- She paused on the edge of the precipice for a moment, then drew back.
- The car was almost forced off a precipice.
- teetering on the precipice of political anarchy
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a headlong fall): from French précipice or Latin praecipitium ‘abrupt descent’, from praeceps, praecip(it)- ‘steep, headlong’.
