crevasse (redirected from crevasses)

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, gletserskeur صَدْع جَليدي пукнатина в ледник rozsedlina gletscherspalte tiefer Spalt ρήγμα σε πάγο grieta de glaciar liustikulõhe شکاف عمیق در کوه عمیق halkeama crevasse בְּקִיע עָמוֹק हिमदरार pukotina, raspuklina gleccserszakadék retakan di atas es jökulgjá crepaccio クレバス (빙하의) 깊은 틈 plyšys, įskilimas dziļa plaisa šļūdonī krevas gletscherspleet bresprekk szczelina fissura crevasă расселина rozsadlina razpoka duboka pukotina spricka, rämna รอยแยกหรือรอยแตกในธารน้ำแข็ง derin aralık (冰河、雪原等的)裂縫 розколина دراڑ، ب‍ڑا شگاف vết nứt trên mặt sông băng （冰河、雪原等的）裂缝