All 4 Uses of
precipice
in
Brave New World
- At their feet lay a straggle of low buildings, a criss-cross of walls; and on three sides the precipices fell sheer into the plain.†
p. 107.6 *
- Their path led them to the foot of the precipice.†
p. 108.3
- At the edge of the precipice he sat down.†
p. 136.8
- He would have liked to say something about solitude, about night, about the mesa lying pale under the moon, about the precipice, the plunge into shadowy darkness, about death.†
p. 230.4
Definition:
a very steep cliff
or:
any dangerous situation
or:
any dangerous situation