Thesaurus: crevasse
A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.
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Definitions
- n. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.
- n. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi.
- n. a deep fissure
- 1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided. 2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi. [U.S.]