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English Dictionary: crater by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crater
n
  1. a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
    Synonym(s): volcanic crater, crater
  2. a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
  3. a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Crater \Cra"ter\ (kr?t?r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing
      vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai
      to mix; cf. Skr. [cced]r[imac] to mix, [cced]ir to cook,
      [cced]r[amac] to cook. Cf. {Grail}, in Holy Grail.]
      1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which
            the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a
            geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
  
      2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine.
  
      3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; --
            called also the {Cup}.
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