Crevice

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A narrow crack or opening; a fissure or cleft.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A narrow crack or fissure, in a rock or wall.
  • v. To crack; to flaw.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.
  • v. To crack; to flaw.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A crack; a cleft; a fissure; a rent; a narrow opening of some length, as between two parts of a solid surface, or between two adjoining surfaces: as, a crevice in a wall, rock, etc.
  • n. Specifically, in lead-mining, in the Mississippi valley, a fissure in which the ore of lead occurs.
  • To make crevices in; crack; flaw.
  • To channel; ornament with crevices.
  • n. An obsolete form of crawfish.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a long narrow depression in a surface
  • n. a long narrow opening
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    imprint    impression    depression   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cleft    fissure    rent    crack    flaw   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fissure    cranny    cleft    gully    chasm    crack    cleave    ledge    crevasse    rift