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CLIFF DWELLING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cliff dwelling mean?
• CLIFF DWELLING (noun)
The noun CLIFF DWELLING has 1 sense:
1. a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff
Familiarity information: CLIFF DWELLING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
the Anasazi built cliff dwellings in the southwestern United States
Hypernyms ("cliff dwelling" is a kind of...):
abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)
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"He who puts off something will lose it." (Corsican proverb)