Thesaurus: crater

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1. n. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
2. n. The pit left by the explosion of a mine.
3. n. A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.
4. n. a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
5. n. a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
6. 1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a gevser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. 2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.
7. n:100 n. a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus n. a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb