cascade
noun/kæˈskeɪd/
/kæˈskeɪd/
- a small waterfall, especially one of several falling down a steep slope with rocksTopics Geographyc2
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- a large amount of water falling or pouring down
- a cascade of rainwater
- (formal) a large amount of something hanging down
- Her hair tumbled in a cascade down her back.
- (formal) a large number of things falling or coming quickly at the same time
- He crashed to the ground in a cascade of oil cans.
- (formal) a number of things happening, in which each one leads to another
- The protein can trigger a cascade of events that leads to heart failure.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian cascata, from cascare ‘to fall’, based on Latin casus ‘fall’, related to cadere ‘to fall’.
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