English Explanatory Dictionary

waterfall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
  2. A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
  3. Short for waterfall model
  4. The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel.
  5. A necktie.
  6. A chignon (hairstyle).
  7. A beard.
  8. A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.
verb
  1. To fall like a waterfall.
  2. To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
  3. Synonym of recycle.
name
  1. A stylistic art trend for furniture which was popular in the 1930s and 1940s, featuring wooden surfaces and curved edges prominently in its design.
  2. A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
  3. A barangay of Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
  4. A barangay of Panabo, Davao del Norte, Philippines.
  5. A barangay of Kiblawan, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
  6. A barangay of Sulop, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
  7. A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/ /ˈwoːtəfoːl/ wôʹtər-fôl wŏʹtər-fôl /ˈwɔtɚfɔl/ /ˈwɑtɚfɑl/ en-us-waterfall.ogg /ˈwɔtəɾfɔl/

Word forms

waterfall waterfalls waterfalling waterfalled

Etymology

From Middle English waterfal, waterfalle, from Old English wæterġefeall (“waterfall”), equivalent to water + fall. Cognate with West Frisian wetterfal (“waterfall”), Dutch waterval (“waterfall”), German Wasserfall (“waterfall”), Swedish vattenfall (“waterfall”).

Synonyms

cataract cascade falls force foss forcefall sault catadupe recycle

Related words

cloudfall icefall smokefall forcefall Waterfalls

Derived words

coastal waterfall waterfall bong waterfall effect waterfall illusion waterfall layout waterfall method waterfall model waterfall plot waterfall skirt waterfall stomach waterfalled waterfalling

Translations

Arabic: شَلَّال Chinese Mandarin: 瀑布 Czech: vodopád Dutch: waterval Finnish: hyöky German: Wasserfall German: Kaskade Hebrew: מפל Hindi: झरना Hungarian: zuhatag Italian: cascata Japanese: 滝 Kannada: ಅಬ್ಬಿ Macedonian: водопад Norwegian: foss Persian: آبشار Persian: فوران Polish: wodospad Portuguese: cascata Romanian: cascadă Russian: водопа́д Russian: каска́д Serbo-Croatian: во̏допа̄д Serbo-Croatian: vȍdopād Spanish: cascada Swedish: vattenfall Swedish: fors Welsh: rhaeadr Welsh: pistyll Welsh: sgwd
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