cliff
EN • English
//klɪf//
Definitions & Usage
noun
#2(figurative) A point beyond which something abruptly fails or decreases in value, performance, etc.
noun
#3(music) Obsolete form of clef.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“Suppose a Person hath learnt to sing in the Treble Cliff only, and would sing Notes prick'd in the Tenor Cliff on the middle tine with F# […]”
— 1723, John Harris, Lexicon Technicum:
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