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Crater

Crater Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Crater? [n] a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb [n] a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus [n] a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano Synonyms \| Synonyms for Crater: volcanic crater Related Terms \| Find terms related to Crater: abysm \| abyss \| alveolation \| alveolus \| antrum \| armpit \| basin \| birthmark \| blackhead \| bleb \| blemish \| blister \| bowl \| bulla \| cavity \| chasm \| check \| cicatrix \| comedo \| concave \| concavity \| crack \| craze \| crevasse \| crypt \| cup \| deep \| defacement \| defect \| deformation \| deformity \| depression \| depth \| dip \| disfiguration \| disfigurement \| distortion \| fault \| flaw \| fold \| follicle \| freckle \| funnel chest \| gulf \| hemangioma \| hickey \| hole \| hollow \| hollow shell \| keloid \| kink \| lacuna \| lentigo \| milium \| mole \| needle scar \| nevus \| pimple \| pit \| pock \| pocket \| pockmark \| port-wine mark \| port-wine stain \| punch bowl \| pustule \| rift \| scab \| scar \| scoop \| scratch \| sebaceous cyst \| shaft \| shell \| sink \| sinus \| socket \| split \| strawberry mark \| sty \| track \| trough \| twist \| verruca \| vesicle \| vug \| wale \| warp \| wart \| weal \| well \| welt \| wen \| whitehead \| yawning abyss See Also \| caldera \| cleft \| collector \| constellation \| crack \| crevice \| depression \| fissure \| lunar crater \| maar \| natural depression \| scissure \| volcano Crater In Webster's Dictionary \Cra"ter\ (kr?t?r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai to mix; cf. Skr. [,c]r[imac] to mix, [,c]ir to cook, [,c]r[=a] to cook. Cf. {Grail}, in Holy Grail.] 1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. 2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the {Cup}.

Crater Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crater?

[n] a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
[n] a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
[n] a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano

Synonyms | Synonyms for Crater: volcanic crater

Crater In Webster's Dictionary

\Cra"ter\ (kr?t?r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing
vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai
to mix; cf. Skr. [,c]r[imac] to mix, [,c]ir to cook,
[,c]r[=a] to cook. Cf. {Grail}, in Holy Grail.]
1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which
   the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a
   geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.

2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine.

3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; --
   called also the {Cup}.

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