{
    "term": "cliff",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/co/coast.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a high area of rock with a very steep side, often at the edge of the sea or ocean",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **cliff edge/top**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the chalk cliffs of southern England"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a castle perched high on the cliffs above the river"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We set off along the cliff path."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Steep cliffs towered above the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cliffs fall away to the north."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hotel was perched high on a cliff overlooking the ocean."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a long line of cliffs surrounding the bay"
                },
                {
                    "text": "crumbling cliffs"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "towering", "low"],
                "… of cliffs": ["line"],
                "verb + cliff": ["climb", "scale", "descend"],
                "cliff + verb": ["fall", "fall away", "rise"],
                "cliff + noun": ["edge", "face", "ledge"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be perched on a cliff",
                    "the base of the cliff",
                    "the bottom of the cliff"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to decrease quickly and suddenly in quantity or quality",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sales fell off a cliff in the first quarter of the year."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/klɪf/",
                "audio": "cl/cliff/cliff__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/klɪf/",
                "audio": "cl/cliff/cliff__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English clif, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch klif."
}