different between cliff vs chalkface
cliff
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: kl?f, IPA(key): /kl?f/, [kl???f]
- Rhymes: -?f
Etymology 1
From Middle English clyf, from Old English clif, from Proto-Germanic *klib?.
Noun
cliff (plural cliffs)
- A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
- Synonym: precipice
- Hyponym: escarpment
- Coordinate term: bluff
- (figuratively) A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
cliff (plural cliffs)
- (music) Obsolete form of clef.
Further reading
- cliff on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
cliff From the web:
- what cliffs are in ireland
- what cliff means
- white cliffs of dover
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chalkface
English
Etymology
In the education sense, it is a metaphor for coalface, after the chalk used on school blackboards, and is believed to have been coined by Ted Wragg for his Times Educational Supplement column.
Noun
chalkface (plural chalkfaces)
- (geology) A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover
- (education) The environment where teaching is carried out, specifically a school.
chalkface From the web:
- what does chalkface meaning
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