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Cleft Noun, Adjectivebre /Kleft/Name /Kleft/ See Also Cleave V Noun Natural Opening Crack Ground

Front cleft
Back noun, adjectiveBrE /kleft/NAmE /kleft/ see also cleave v.

noun

a natural opening or crack, for example in the ground or in rock, or in a person's chin
a cleft in the rocks They walked up a cleft in the hills.

adjective

be (caught) in a cleft ˈstick

to be in a difficult situation when any action you take will have bad results

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