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| English Dictionary: crevice |
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| 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
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Crevice \Crev"ice\, v. t.
To crack; to flaw. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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| 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.
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