Waterfall

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Waterfall \Wa"ter*fall`\, n.
     1. A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river
        or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a
        cataract.
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     2. (Hairdressing) An arrangement of a woman's back hair over
        a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall.
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     3. A certain kind of neck scarf. --T. Hughes.
        [1913 Webster] Water feather

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  waterfall
       n : a steep descent of the water of a river [syn: {falls}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "waterfall":
     Niagara, cascade, cataract, chute, collapse, comedown, crash,
     debacle, declension, declination, defluxion, descending,
     descension, descent, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall,
     downflow, downgrade, downpour, downrush, downtrend, downturn,
     downward trend, drop, dropping, eddy, fall, falling, falls, force,
     gravitation, inclination, linn, nappe, plummeting, pounce, rapids,
     riffle, sault, shoot, spout, stoop, surge, swoop, vortex,
     watershoot, whirlpool
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Waterfall, PA
    Zip code(s): 16689