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# precipice

«precipice» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very steep cliff or drop, with a sheer face going down…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (precipices)

### meaning for a pupil

A precipice is a very steep cliff or drop, with a sheer face going down a long way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precipice/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a danger on a mountain or cliff edge where a traveller or animal may fall

### examples

- The goat stood on a narrow ledge above the precipice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precipice/#x1)
- Never walk too close to the edge of a precipice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precipice/#x2)
- The donkey ran so fast that it nearly fell over the precipice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precipice/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «precipice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precipice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.