- crevice=crevasse
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Glacial hydrology dictionary. Б.Р.Мавлюдов.
crevice=crevasse
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crevice — / crevasse [n] crack, gap abyss, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, cut, division, fissure, fracture, hole, interstice, opening, precipice, rent, rift, slit, split; concepts 509,513 … New thesaurus
crevasse — crevice / crevasse [n] crack, gap abyss, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, cut, division, fissure, fracture, hole, interstice, opening, precipice, rent, rift, slit, split; concepts 509,513 … New thesaurus
crevasse — 1823, of glaciers; 1814, of riverbanks (from Louisiana Fr.), from Fr. crevasse, from O.Fr. crevace crevice (see CREVICE (Cf. crevice)). Essentially the same word as crevice, but re adopted in senses for which the meaning that had taken hold in… … Etymology dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crevasse — is also a traditional term for a levee breach. Crossing a crevasse on the Easton Glacier, Mount Baker, in the North Cascades, Washington A crevasse is a deep crack in an ice sheet rhys glacier (as opposed to a crevice, which forms in rock).… … Wikipedia
crevice — crevasse, crevice are both derived from a Latin root crepare meaning ‘to break with a crash’. A crevasse is a deep open crack or fissure in a glacier; in AmE it is also used to mean a breach in a river embankment. A crevice is a narrow cleft or… … Modern English usage
crevasse — crevasse, crevice are both derived from a Latin root crepare meaning ‘to break with a crash’. A crevasse is a deep open crack or fissure in a glacier; in AmE it is also used to mean a breach in a river embankment. A crevice is a narrow cleft or… … Modern English usage
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crevasse — , crevice A crevasse is a deep fissure, particularly in thin ice; a crevice is a narrow and generally shallow fissure … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
crevasse — ► NOUN ▪ a deep open crack in a glacier or ice field. ORIGIN Old French crevace (see CREVICE(Cf. ↑crevice)) … English terms dictionary
crevasse — [krə vas′] n. [Fr < OFr crevace,CREVICE] 1. a deep crack or fissure, esp. in a glacier ☆ 2. a break in the levee of a river, dike, etc. vt. crevassed, crevassing to make a crevasse or crevasses in … English World dictionary
