crevasse
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crevasse
a deep cleft in glacial ice, chasm; a breach in a river levee
Not to be confused with:
crevice – a fissure or crack forming an opening
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cre·vasse
(krĭ-văs′)n.
1. A deep fissure, as in a glacier; a chasm.
2. A crack or breach in a dike or levee.
intr. & tr.v. cre·vassed, cre·vass·ing, cre·vass·es
To develop or cause to develop crevasses.
[French, from Old French crevace, crevice; see crevice.]
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crevasse
(krɪˈvæs)n
1. (Physical Geography) a deep crack or fissure, esp in the ice of a glacier
2. (Physical Geography) US a break in a river embankment
vb
(tr) US to make a break or fissure in (a dyke, wall, etc)
[C19: from French: crevice]
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cre•vasse
(krəˈvæs)n.
a fissure, or deep cleft, in glacial ice, the earth's surface, etc.
[1805–15, Amer.; < French; see crevice]
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crevasse
Past participle: crevassed
Gerund: crevassing
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صَدْع جَليدي
rozsedlina
gletscherspalte
halkeamarailo
gleccserszakadék
jökulgjá
dziļa plaisa šļūdonī
rozsadlina
derin aralık
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crevasse
n → (Gletscher)spalte f
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crevasse
(kriˈvӕs) noun a very deep crack or split in a glacier.
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