Crevice

4 definitions found

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

  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.
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           The mouse,
           Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked,
           Or from the crevice peered about.        --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crevice \Crev"ice\, v. t.
     To crack; to flaw. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crevice
       n 1: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: {cranny}, {crack},
             {fissure}, {chap}]
       2: a long narrow opening [syn: {crack}, {cleft}, {fissure}, {scissure}]

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

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "crevice":
     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