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

Example sentences :

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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