Yosemite Falls

American  

noun

1. a series of falls in Yosemite National Park: upper falls, 1,436 feet (438 meters) high; middle falls, 626 feet (190 meters) high; lower falls, 320 feet (98 meters) high. Total height (including rapids), 2,526 feet (770 meters).

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Yosemite Falls British  

/ jəʊˈsɛmɪtɪ /

plural noun

1. a series of waterfalls in central California, in the Yosemite National Park, with a total drop of 770 m (2525 ft): includes the Upper Yosemite Falls, 436 m (1430 ft) high, and the Lower Yosemite Falls, 98 m (320 ft) high

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Example Sentences

The tattoo in question was of Yosemite Falls, in California.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

Just left of Wapama Rock you see Wapama Falls, which comes down in stages like the taller Yosemite Falls, plummeting about 1,300 feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2023

I visited him that first winter, and we were at the base of Yosemite Falls one midnight to witness the special lunar full-moon rainbow that John Muir, the Sierra Club founder, described in his journals.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2023

The steep trail winds upward toward views of Upper Yosemite Falls and a direct view of Half Dome.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2022

Plunging 1,000 feet into the gorge, we saw Yosemite Falls.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker