crater
/หkษนeษช.tษ(ษน)/IPA: /K R EY1 T ER0/
- 1
A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
syn:astrobleme - 2
The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
- 3
The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
- 4
(by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
Synonyms
- 1
To form craters in a surface (of a planet or moon).
- 2
To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
- 3
To crash or fall.
โHe cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson.โ
Synonyms
- 1
An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.
- 1
A living being; an animal or (sometimes derogatory) a human.
โHe's a creature of habit.ย ย insects and other creaturesโ
- 2
A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
- 3
A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crater, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/krater