Crater Mound

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a bowl-shaped depression in the earth in central Arizona: believed to have been made by the impact of a meteoroid. 4,000 feet (1,220 meters) wide; 600 feet (183 meters) deep.

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Also called Meteor Crater.

Words nearby Crater Mound

crate, crater, crater lake, Crater Lake National Park, craterlet, Crater Mound, Craters of the Moon, C ration, C rations, craton, cratur

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He scrambled outside to find a 25-foot-wide crater just beyond the mud wall surrounding his family compound.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Scans of many of these have been amassed by Vieira on his Facebook page, Stone Builders, Mound Builders and the Giants of Ancient.
Hunting for a Real-Life Hagrid|Nina Strochlic|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yezidis play a sort of basketball game here, balling cloth up and tossing it onto the top of the mound.
Fighting Back With Faith: Inside the Yezidis’ Iraqi Temple|Michael Luongo|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Here Luqman also pointed out a curious structure, a mound rising on the side of the wall in front of all the urns.
Fighting Back With Faith: Inside the Yezidis’ Iraqi Temple|Michael Luongo|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Salama al Sersawi leans on a bench, waiting to get his mound of matted hair reined in.
The Gaza Paradox: Hamas Has Little Support, but the War Has a Lot|Jesse Rosenfeld|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On three sides the surrounding ground rose steeply, forming an irregular horseshoe mound that opened to the west.
Uncanny Tales|Various
The original seat of the Latin state was on the shores of one of these crater pools, south of the Eternal City.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
The remaining Unionists were driven at the point of bayonets out of the crater back to their own lines.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
On July 30, 1864 the mine was exploded, and the shape of the area after the explosion resembled a huge crater of a volcano.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
Can Mr. Bede produce anything to match the following sample of the crater, to be found in our most polished English poet?
Notes and Queries, Number 178, March 26, 1853|Various

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