About The Word Crater
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Crater
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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}.
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