crevice

1 a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: cranny, crack, fissure, chap]

2 a long narrow opening [syn: crack, cleft, fissure, scissure]

English

Etymology

From crevace, from late etyl la crepatia.

Pronunciation

• a UK /ˈkɹɛvɪs/

Noun

1. A narrow crack or opening, especially in rock or ice; a fissure or cleft.

   As we trekked across the glacier I feared I'd slip into a crevice hidden by snow and be swallowed.

Translations

Crevice may refer to:

• a fissure
• Operation Crevice

old english

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