different between cloff vs cliff
cloff
English
Alternative forms
- clough
Noun
cloff (plural cloffs)
- (historical) An allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.
References
- cloff in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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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
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