Meaning & use
Precipices
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Steep, near-vertical cliffs or rock faces, often plural to describe more than one.
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The hiking trail skirted several dizzying precipices.
From the summit they could see precipices dropping thousands of feet into the valley.
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Plural of 'precipice', from the Latin 'praeceps', meaning 'headlong' or 'steep'.
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