About The Word Crevasse
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Crevasse
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What's The Definition Of Crevasse?
[n] a deep fissure
Synonyms | Synonyms for Crevasse: Related Terms | Find terms related to Crevasse: abysm | abyss | arroyo | box canyon | breach | break | chap | chasm | check | chimney | chink | cleft | cleuch | clough | col | coulee | couloir | crack | cranny | crater | crevice | cut | cwm | deep | defile | dell | depth | dike | ditch | donga | draw | excavation | fault | fissure | flaw | flume | fracture | furrow | gap | gape | gash | gorge | groove | gulch | gulf | gully | hole | hollow | incision | joint | kloof | leak | moat | notch | nullah | opening | pass | passage | pit | ravine | rent | rift | rime | rupture | scissure | seam | shaft | slit | slot | split | trench | valley | void | wadi | well | yawning abyss See Also | cleft | crack | crevice | fissure | scissure Crevasse In Webster's Dictionary \Cre`vasse"\ (kr?`v?s"), n. [F. See {Crevice}.]
1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the
clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is
divided.
2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by
the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi.
[U.S.]
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