crevasse

[ kruh-vas ]

/ krəˈvæs /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR crevasse ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a fissure, or deep cleft, in glacial ice, the earth's surface, etc.

a breach in an embankment or levee.

verb (used with object), cre·vassed, cre·vas·sing.

to fissure with crevasses.

Origin of crevasse

1805–15, Americanism;<French; see crevice

OTHER WORDS FROM crevasse

un·cre·vassed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH crevasse

crevice, crevasse

Words nearby crevasse

Creüsa, Creuse, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, crevalle, crevalle jack, crevasse, Creve Coeur, crevice, crevicular, crew, crew chief

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Example sentences from the Web for crevasse

Some days, she felt as though glaciers were buckling around her and a crevasse yawned beneath her.
Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling|Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With the crawling, for instance, Bradey had been on top of a snow bridge that crossed a crevasse.
Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling|Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At one point he fell down a crevasse and was left dangling in the abyss from a rope, up which he dragged his disintegrating body.
Six Greatest Acts of Human Endurance|Nico Hines|November 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She stopped a little while at the crevasse, I am told, but finding she could do no good, she went on.
Up the River|Oliver Optic

A crevasse was made in the levee above New Orleans flooding much of the city.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
We all knew what had happened -- one of the runners was in a crevasse.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen
A glance convinced one and all of them that the crevasse was impassable.
The Plant Hunters|Mayne Reid
Eckenrod became sober as he studied the sharp walls of the crevasse.
The Cry at Midnight|Mildred A. Wirt

British Dictionary definitions for crevasse

crevasse

/ (krɪˈvæs) /

noun

a deep crack or fissure, esp in the ice of a glacier

US a break in a river embankment

verb

(tr) US to make a break or fissure in (a dyke, wall, etc)

Word Origin for crevasse

C19: from French: crevice

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for crevasse

crevasse

[ krĭ-văs′ ]

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.

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

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.

单词	crevasse
释义	crevasse [ kruh-vas ] / krəˈvæs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR crevasse ON THESAURUS.COM noun a fissure, or deep cleft, in glacial ice, the earth's surface, etc. a breach in an embankment or levee. verb (used with object), cre·vassed, cre·vas·sing. to fissure with crevasses. Origin of crevasse 1805–15, Americanism;<French; see crevice OTHER WORDS FROM crevasse un·cre·vassed, adjective WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH crevasse crevice, crevasse Words nearby crevasse Creüsa, Creuse, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, crevalle, crevalle jack, crevasse, Creve Coeur, crevice, crevicular, crew, crew chief Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for crevasse Some days, she felt as though glaciers were buckling around her and a crevasse yawned beneath her. Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling\|Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman\|March 30, 2014\|DAILY BEAST With the crawling, for instance, Bradey had been on top of a snow bridge that crossed a crevasse. Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling\|Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman\|March 30, 2014\|DAILY BEAST At one point he fell down a crevasse and was left dangling in the abyss from a rope, up which he dragged his disintegrating body. Six Greatest Acts of Human Endurance\|Nico Hines\|November 6, 2013\|DAILY BEAST She stopped a little while at the crevasse, I am told, but finding she could do no good, she went on. Up the River\|Oliver Optic A crevasse was made in the levee above New Orleans flooding much of the city. The Every Day Book of History and Chronology\|Joel Munsell We all knew what had happened -- one of the runners was in a crevasse. The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2\|Roald Amundsen A glance convinced one and all of them that the crevasse was impassable. The Plant Hunters\|Mayne Reid Eckenrod became sober as he studied the sharp walls of the crevasse. The Cry at Midnight\|Mildred A. Wirt British Dictionary definitions for crevasse crevasse / (krɪˈvæs) / noun a deep crack or fissure, esp in the ice of a glacier US a break in a river embankment verb (tr) US to make a break or fissure in (a dyke, wall, etc) Word Origin for crevasse C19: from French: crevice Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to crevasse abyss, fissure, chasm, cleft, hole, gap Scientific definitions for crevasse crevasse [ krĭ-văs′ ] 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. A large, deep fissure in the Earth caused by an earthquake. 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. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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crevasse

noun

verb (used with object), cre·vassed, cre·vas·sing.

Origin of crevasse

OTHER WORDS FROM crevasse

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH crevasse

Words nearby crevasse

Example sentences from the Web for crevasse

British Dictionary definitions for crevasse

noun

verb

Word Origin for crevasse

Words related to crevasse

Scientific definitions for crevasse