[ˈkreɪtə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on a celestial object, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite
(e.g: the blast left a crater in the car park)

- a large bowl used in ancient Greece for mixing wine


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (denoting the hollow forming the mouth of a volcano): via Latin from Greek kratēr ‘mixing-bowl’, from krasis ‘mixture’

[ˈkreɪtə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- form a crater in (the ground or a planet)
(e.g: pilots returned to the airfields to crater the runways)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (denoting the hollow forming the mouth of a volcano): via Latin from Greek kratēr ‘mixing-bowl’, from krasis ‘mixture’

[ˈkreɪtə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small and faint southern constellation (the Cup), between Hydra and Leo, said to represent the goblet of Apollo


Phrases:

Origin:
Latin, from Greek, ‘mixing bowl’. Crateris is the Latin genitive form of Crater

[ˈkreɪtə], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- used with preceding Greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Crater
(e.g: the star Delta Crateris)


Phrases:

Origin:
Latin, from Greek, ‘mixing bowl’. Crateris is the Latin genitive form of Crater