riftnoun [ C ]
uk/rɪft/us/rɪft/a large crack in the ground or in rock:
The stream had cut a deep rift in the rock.
a serious disagreement that separates two people who have been friends and stops their friendship continuing:
The marriage caused a rift between the brothers and they didn't speak to each other for ten years.
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Geography: caves, cracks & crevices
- cave
- cavern
- chasm
- chimney
- crack
- crater
- crevice
- fissure
- gouge
- gulf
- hole
- honeycomb
- pit
- pothole
- rut
- speleologist
- speleology
- stalactite
- stalagmite
- the San Andreas Fault
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