rockface
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rockface
Example Sentences
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This compares with one in 95,435 for the section with a tolerable risk, where the rockface is set much further back from the path.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
Growing up on his family fjord farm on an unimaginably steep Norwegian mountainside, Magne Åkernes learned to live with risk at every turn—especially around a crack hidden in the rockface.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 20, 2023
The collapse took place after several days of heavy rains that appeared to have helped the rockface to loosen at Furnas Lake.
From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2022
We washed our hands together in ice-cold water after our visit to the rockface.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2015
He kept thinking of the weight of the rockface pressing in on him...
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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