Usually means: Edge of a steep cliff.
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  1. precipice: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. precipice: Merriam-Webster
  3. precipice: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. precipice: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. precipice: Collins English Dictionary
  6. precipice: Vocabulary.com
  7. Precipice, precipice: Wordnik
  8. precipice: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. precipice: Wiktionary
  10. precipice: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. precipice: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. precipice: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Precipice, precipice: Dictionary.com
  14. precipice: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. precipice: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Precipice (Battlestar Galactica), Precipice (Smallville episode), Precipice (disambiguation), Precipice, The Precipice (Bova novel), The Precipice (Goncharov novel), The Precipice (Hugh MacLennan novel), The Precipice (Ivan Goncharov), The Precipice: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Precipice: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. precipice: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. precipice: Rhymezone
  20. Precipice: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. precipice: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. precipice: FreeDictionary.org
  23. precipice: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. precipice: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. precipice: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (precipice)

▸ noun:  A very steep cliff.
▸ noun:  (figurative) The brink of a dangerous situation.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A headlong fall or descent.

Similar:
breakneck, precipitation, chute, pitch, spike, razor's edge, peril, salto mortale, cliffhanger, plummeting, more...

Opposite:
plateau, level ground, flatland

Types:
cliff, ledge, drop-off, overhang, bluff, escarpment, abyss, crags, more...

Phrases:
on the precipice, standing on a precipice, high precipice, more...

Adjectives:
sheer, steep, rocky, high, great, perpendicular, deep, frightful, tremendous, dangerous, lofty

Colors:
    charcoal,     obsidian,     onyx,     graphite,     stormy gray, more...


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Similar:
breakneck, precipitation, chute, pitch, spike, razor's edge, peril, salto mortale, cliffhanger, plummeting, more...

Opposite:
plateau, level ground, flatland

Types:
cliff, ledge, drop-off, overhang, bluff, escarpment, abyss, crags, more...

Phrases:
on the precipice, standing on a precipice, high precipice, more...

Adjectives:
sheer, steep, rocky, high, great, perpendicular, deep, frightful, tremendous, dangerous, lofty

Colors:
    charcoal,     obsidian,     onyx,     graphite,     stormy gray, more...



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