crevasse

cre·vasse  (kr-vs)

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.

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[French, from Old French crevace, crevice; see crevice.]

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crevasse

Noun

a deep open crack in a glacier [French]

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crevasse  (kr-vs)

1. A deep fissure in a glacier or other body of ice. Crevasses are usually caused by differential movement of parts of the ice over an uneven topography.

2. A large, deep fissure in the Earth caused by an earthquake.

3. A wide crack or breach in the bank of a river. Crevasses usually form during floods. The sediments that spill out through the crevasse and fan out along the external margin of the river's bank form a crevasse splay deposit.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

crevasse - a deep fissure                       crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure - a long narrow opening

Translations

crevasse [krɪˈvæs] n → grieta

crevasse [krɪˈvæs] n → crevasse f

crevasse [krɪˈvæs] n → Gletscherspalte f

crevasse [krɪˈvæs] n → crepaccio

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crevasse

n crevasse [kriˈvӕs]

a very deep crack or split in a glacier. diep skeur/spleet, gletserskeurصَدْع جَليديпукнатина в ледникrozsedlinagletscherspaltetiefer Spaltρήγμα σε πάγοgrieta de glaciarliustikulõheشکاف عمیق در کوه عمیقhalkeamacrevasseבְּקִיע עָמוֹקहिमदरारpukotina, raspuklinagleccserszakadékretakan di atas esjökulgjácrepaccioクレバス(빙하의) 깊은 틈plyšys, įskilimasdziļa plaisa šļūdonīkrevasgletscherspleetbresprekkszczelinafissuracrevasăрасселинаrozsadlinarazpokaduboka pukotinaspricka, rämnaรอยแยกหรือรอยแตกในธารน้ำแข็งderin aralık(冰河、雪原等的)裂縫розколинаدراڑ، ب‍ڑا شگافvết nứt trên mặt sông băng（冰河、雪原等的）裂缝