Scissure

3 definitions found

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

  Scissure \Scis"sure\, n. [L. scissura, from scindere, scissum,
     to cut, split.]
     A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a
     fissure. --Hammond.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scissure
       n : a long narrow opening [syn: {crack}, {cleft}, {crevice}, {fissure}]

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

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "scissure":
     abysm, abyss, arroyo, box canyon, breach, break, canyon, cavity,
     chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, col,
     coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, 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, seam, slit, slot, split, trench, valley, void, wadi