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Synonyms for waterfall
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : waw-ter-fawl, wot-er- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɔ tərˌfɔl, ˈwɒt ər- |
Définition of waterfall
Origin :- Old English wætergefeal; see water (n.1) + fall. Cf. German wasserfall, Old Norse vatnfall.
- noun cascade
- What could make the river run at this pace—a weir—or a waterfall?
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- If the waterfall sketches were not exaggerations, he would like to see the originals.
- Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
- She'll keep that appointment for me at eight o'clock to-night by the waterfall.
- Extract from : « Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon » by Hall Caine
- You had to dash through a waterfall to get into your damp bed.
- Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad
- One afternoon we walked sixteen miles through a rain which was like a waterfall.
- Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
- Breakfasted at the inn at Tinnyhinch, and then drove to the park to see the waterfall.
- Extract from : « A Tour in Ireland » by Arthur Young
- One might forget his friends and relatives, but not a waterfall like that!
- Extract from : « The Dragon Painter » by Mary McNeil Fenollosa
- Of course, she told them about the boat, and the current in the middle of the lake, and the waterfall.
- Extract from : « A Modern Tomboy » by L. T. Meade
- Anuenue (a-n-e-n-e)--a rainbow; a waterfall in Hilo (p. 61, verse 13).
- Extract from : « Unwritten Literature of Hawaii » by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
- That boot was afterwards found on a ledge of rock near the waterfall.
- Extract from : « A Night in the Snow » by Rev. E. Donald Carr
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