Crevasse

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crevasse \Cre`vasse"\ (kr?`v?s"), n. [F. See {Crevice}.]
     1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the
        clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is
        divided.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by
        the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi.
        [U.S.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crevasse
       n : a deep fissure

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "crevasse":
     abysm, abyss, arroyo, box canyon, breach, break, chap, chasm,
     check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, coulee, couloir,
     crack, cranny, crater, crevice, cut, cwm, deep, defile, dell,
     depth, dike, ditch, donga, draw, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw,
     flume, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gorge, groove, gulch,
     gulf, gully, hole, hollow, incision, joint, kloof, leak, moat,
     notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, pit, ravine, rent, rift,
     rime, rupture, scissure, seam, shaft, slit, slot, split, trench,
     valley, void, wadi, well, yawning abyss