Pronunciations (5)
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/fɔːlz/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/faːlz/
Pronunciation notes
- Northumbria
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/fɔlz/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/fɑlz/
Pronunciation notes
- cot-caught-merger
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fɔːlz
Noun
A waterfall.
- Examples
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Niagara Falls
More examples (1)
And climbed up through the woods, past the lake island where the white gazebo stood up to its knees in mist, up to where a falls fell melodiously into a deep dark pool.
Noun
the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)
- Broader terms
a steep descent of the water of a river
- Synonyms
- Broader terms