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| aerie |
a nest built high on a cliff or mountain, esp. by an eagle or other bird of prey. [1/2 definitions] |
| brink |
the edge or brim of a slope or cliff. [1/2 definitions] |
| cave |
a natural hole or hollow in the earth. Many caves have openings in a hillside or cliff. |
| escarpment |
a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or fault line. [1/2 definitions] |
| eyrie |
variant of "aerie," a nest built high on a cliff or mountain, esp. by an eagle or other bird of prey. |
| guardrail |
a protective railing, as on a young child's bed or the edge of a cliff. |
| ledge |
a shelf of rock coming out from a wall or cliff. [1/2 definitions] |
| precipice |
a steep cliff. [1/2 definitions] |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| ragged edge |
the extreme edge, as of a cliff; brink. |
| rappel |
the act of descending a sheer cliff or mountainside by means of a double rope around the body that allows the climber to control the rate of descent. [2 definitions] |
| rock1 |
a large mass of hard mineral matter that lies under the earth's soil or forms a cliff, mountain, or the like. [1/4 definitions] |
| scarp |
a steep cliff formed by erosion or an abrupt movement of the earth's crust. [2/3 definitions] |
| steep1 |
a hill, cliff, or other steep location. [1/3 definitions] |
| talus2 |
an accumulation of broken rocks and debris at the base of a cliff. [1/2 definitions] |
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