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noun

cascade

CEFR B2

a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls

In a sentence

Six example sentences with cascade, each labelled with its topic.

  • A short trail behind the village ends at a cascade you can stand under in July without freezing.

    Travel

  • Hold the shutter open one second and the cascade turns to silk, though the mossy rocks stay perfectly sharp.

    Photography

  • Removing the old weir let the stream drop naturally again, and trout now spawn above the restored cascade.

    Environment

  • Hokusai's series of waterfalls turns each cascade into ribbons of blue and white against the dark mountain rock.

    Art

  • The garden's cascade drops the stream over twenty stone steps, each one cut so the water makes a different sound.

    Architecture

  • Trout can leap a cascade less than a meter high, but a taller drop stops them cold.

    Science

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