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

precipice \prec"ipice\, n. f. pr'ecipice, l. praecipitium,
   fr. praeceps, -cipitis, headlong; prae before + caput,
   capitis, the head. see pre-, and chief.
   1. a sudden or headlong fall. obs. --fuller.
      1913 webster

   2. a headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or
      overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff.
      1913 webster

            where wealth like fruit on precipices grew.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster
see also:
pre- chief 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

precipice
     n : a very steep cliff

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

25 moby thesaurus words for "precipice":
   bluff, cliff, crag, crest, escarpment, face, hilltop, knoll,
   lofty peak, mountaintop, palisade, palisades, peak, pic, pico,
   pike, pinnacle, point, scar, scarp, spur, steep, summit, tor,
   wall

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