From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwaterfallwa‧ter‧fall /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl $ ˈwɒːtərfɒːl, ˈwɑː-/ ●○○ noun [countable] DNa place where water from a river or stream falls down over a cliff or rock
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waterfall• Below the well, a waterfall tumbled across an artificial rockery.• Glen Muick is very lovely with roaming red deer, beautiful waterfalls, and a peaceful loch.• It has also turned even the most demure waterfalls into dramatic fountains, and made the waterfalls in Yosemite Valley absolutely breathtaking.• What sounds like a distant waterfall rouses me from sleep in the early morning.• The mist was heavy and noisy waterfalls splashed down through pipe thickets of green bamboo.• She could see waterfalls cascading down some of the mountain-sides and in the distance a lake. 