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Definition of waterfall noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

waterfall

noun
 
/ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/
 
/ˈwɔːtərfɔːl/
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  1. a place where a stream or river falls from a high place, for example over a cliff or rock
    • She watched the magnificent waterfall cascade down the mountainside.
    • The waterfall fell about twenty feet to swirling rapids.
    Topics Geographyb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    • high
    • beautiful
    waterfall + verb
    • cascade
    • fall
    • flow
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