About The Word Crevice

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Crevice

Crevice Meaning & Definition
Crevice Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crevice?

[n] a long narrow opening
[n] a long narrow depression in a surface

Synonyms | Synonyms for Crevice: chap | cleft | crack | crack | cranny | fissure | fissure | scissure

Related Terms | Find terms related to Crevice: abysm | abyss | arroyo | box canyon | breach | break | canyon | cavity | chap | chasm | check | chimney | chink | cleft | cleuch | clough | col | coulee | couloir | crack | cranny | crevasse | cut | cwm | defile | dell | dike | ditch | donga | draw | excavation | fault | fissure | flaw | flume | fracture | furrow | gap | gape | gash | gorge | groove | gulch | gulf | gully | hole | incision | joint | kloof | leak | moat | notch | nullah | opening | pass | passage | ravine | rent | rift | rime | rupture | scissure | seam | slit | slot | split | trench | valley | void | wadi

See Also | break | chap | chink | crater | crevasse | depression | fatigue crack | fault | fracture | gap | geological fault | impression | imprint | opening | rift | shift | slit | split | vent | volcanic crater | volcano

Crevice In Webster's Dictionary

\Crev"ice\ (kr?v"?s), n. [OE. crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr. crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to crack,break. Cf. {Craven}, {Crepitate}, {Crevasse}.] A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent. The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. --Tennyson.
\Crev"ice\, v. t. To crack; to flaw. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton.

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