How do you pronounce clift?

The recorded pronunciation is /klɪft/.

clift

/klɪft/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: clift
IPA: /klɪft/

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Meaning

noun

A cliff.

Obsolete

name

A surname.

Example Sentences

"So downe he fell, as an huge rockie clift, / Whose false foundation waues haue washt away [...]."
"so broad is the bay here, we could scarce perceive the great high clifts on the other side: by them we Anchored that night and called them Riccards Cliftes."

Etymology

Variant form of cliff, influenced by cleft.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /klɪft/

Usage

Obsolete

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

clifts (plural)

Derived Forms

clifted clifty

Rhymes With

gift shift lift swift drift rift thrift adrift sift sniffed miffed stiffed

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