crevasse

/kษนษ™หˆvรฆs/

IPA: /K R AH0 V AE1 S/

noun
  1. 1

    A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm.

  2. 2

    A breach in a canal or river bank.

  3. 3

    A discontinuity or โ€œgapโ€ between the accounted variables and an observed outcome.

verb
  1. 1

    To form crevasses.

  2. 2

    To fissure with crevasses.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crevasse