crevice (redirected from gingival crevice)

crev·ice  (krvs)

n.

A narrow crack or opening; a fissure or cleft.

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[Middle English, from Old French crevace, probably from Vulgar Latin *crepcia, from *crepa, from Latin crepre, to crack.]

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creviced adj.

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crevice [ˈkrɛvɪs]

n

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a narrow fissure or crack; split; cleft

[from Old French crevace, from crever to burst, from Latin crepāre to crack]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crevice - a long narrow depression in a surface cranny, fissure, chap, crack imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
	2.	crevice - a long narrow opening                 crack, scissure, cleft, fissure chap - a crack in a lip caused usually by cold chink - a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall crevasse - a deep fissure fatigue crack - a crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue faulting, geological fault, fracture, break, fault, shift - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" opening, gap - an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" rift - a narrow fissure in rock slit - a narrow fissure split - a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log" volcano, vent - a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt

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crevice

noun gap, opening, hole, split, crack, rent, fracture, rift, slit, cleft, chink, fissure, cranny, interstice a huge boulder with rare ferns growing in every crevice

Translations

crevice [ˈkrevɪs] N → grieta f, hendedura f

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crevice [ˈkrɛvɪs] n [rock] → fissure f

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crevice

n → Spalte f

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crevice [ˈkrɛvɪs] n → crepa, fessura

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crevice [ˈkrɛvɪs] n → crepa, fessura

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crevice

n crevice [ˈkrevis]

a crack or narrow opening (in a wall, rock etc) Plants grew in the crevices. smal skeur/spleet, bars شِق، صَدْع، تَجْويف процеп štěrbina sprække; klippespalte die Spalte ρωγμή grieta, hendidura kaljulõhe, pragu درز؛ شکاف halkeama lézarde סֶדֶק दरार pukotina rés celah sprunga crepa, fessura 裂け目 갈라진 틈 siauras plyšys, sprogymė plaisa; aiza rekahan spleet sprekk szpara fissura crăpătură расщелина trhlina špranja naprslina skreva, spricka, springa รอยแตก yarık, çatlak (牆壁、岩石等的)裂縫 щілина, розколина دراڑ، درز، شگاف vết nứt trên tường hay núi đá 裂缝