About The Word Crevice
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Crevice
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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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