precipice
noun
[ ˈprɛsɪpɪs ]
• a very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.
• "we swerved toward the edge of the precipice"
Similar:
cliff face,
steep cliff,
rock face,
sheer drop,
cliff,
crag,
bluff,
height,
escarpment,
scarp,
escarp,
scar,
linn,
krantz,
steep,
Origin:
late 16th century (denoting a headlong fall): from French précipice or Latin praecipitium ‘abrupt descent’, from praeceps, praecip(it)- ‘steep, headlong’.
