Meaning of CREVICE
| Pronunciation: | | 'krevis
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a long narrow opening
- [n] a long narrow depression in a surface
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| | Synonyms: | | chap, cleft, crack, crack, cranny, fissure, fissure, scissure |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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