[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waterfall.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / waterfall

[← W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/W/)

# waterfall

«waterfall» in Mova's school dictionary: **a place where a river or stream flows over the edge of a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a waterfall, waterfalls)

### meaning for a pupil

A waterfall is a place where a river or stream flows over the edge of a cliff or steep rock and falls down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterfall/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons pupils learn how waterfalls form: a river flows over hard rock onto softer rock, the soft rock wears away faster, and a step and a plunge pool form; the waterfall slowly moves back upstream. Famous waterfalls include Niagara Falls (Canada/USA), Victoria Falls, Angel Falls (the highest) and many in New Zealand and Australia. In science, falling water can make electricity. Safety: rocks near waterfalls are slippery; stay behind barriers. Phrases: «plunge pool», «the falls».

### examples

- We walked to the waterfall in the forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterfall/#x1)
- Niagara Falls is on the border of Canada and the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterfall/#x2)
- The waterfall roared as we got closer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterfall/#x3)
- Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterfall/#x4)
- Rocks near a waterfall are slippery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterfall/#x5)
- The water crashes into a plunge pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterfall/#x6)
- A rainbow appeared in the waterfall's spray. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterfall/#x7)
- They lay in wait at the waterfalls up which I leaped like a silver flash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterfall/#x8)

### note

Plural: waterfalls. One word. Names often use «Falls» (plural) for one waterfall: «Niagara Falls is…». Small waterfalls are «cascades».

### In the corpora

- [Brown bears, including grizzlies, catch salmon at waterfalls in autumn to build up fat before winter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/23-bears/9/)
- [Where it pours over a band of hard rock lying on soft rock, the soft rock wears back faster and a waterfall forms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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