crevice : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crevice	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for crevice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crevice n a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap] a long narrow opening Synonym(s): crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crevice \Crev"ice\, v. t. To crack; to flaw. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crevice \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.