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crevice [ krev -is ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkrɛv ɪs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun
a crack forming an opening; cleft; rift; fissure.
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Origin of crevice 1300–50; Middle English crevace <Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to crev (er ) to crack (<Latin crepāre ) + -ace noun suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM crevice creviced, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH crevice crevice , crevasse Words nearby crevice Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ,
crevalle ,
crevalle jack ,
crevasse ,
Creve Coeur ,
crevice ,
crew ,
crew chief ,
crew cut ,
Crewe ,
crewed
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Words related to crevice abyss ,
chink ,
crevasse ,
fissure ,
slit ,
chasm ,
cleft ,
crack ,
cranny ,
cut ,
division ,
fracture ,
gap ,
hole ,
interstice ,
opening ,
precipice ,
rent ,
rift ,
split
How to use crevice in a sentence Rounding the canyon rim, the path veered into a narrow crevice between massive sandstone blocks.
They’ve evolved multiple means of eluding the larger animals that endanger them—by stinging, biting, flying, jumping, running, startling, hiding in crevice s, and using camouflage as well as chemical defenses.
That’s fine if you’re not looking to get into awkward crevice s, or hoping to clean your car, but if those aspects are important, you might want to consider upping your budget to get a cleaner with a few more bells and whistles.
It comes with a crevice tool and small brush but, because it’s their entry-level vac, you get fewer accessories, suction power, and battery life than some of Dyson’s pricer models.
As the pilot in command, the PPC pro needs to monitor all systems — exploring nuances and every crevice of their programs.
The critique extends into nearly every little crevice and lacuna of our civic life.
We will pull back the onion and explore every crack and crevice .
If I Can Dream pushes the ties of interactivity at the molecular level into every crevice of its stars' lives.
I plucked them from the crevice , hoping not to find a bent temple.
His foot caught; it is unknown in what,—in a twisted tie, or perhaps in a crevice of the cracking earth.
A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. WardA glimpse of daylight penetrated through a crevice in the rock, and on fine nights one could see the stars.
In the deep, following silence each knew that old Mata's ear felt, like a hand, at the crevice of the shoji.
The stone walls of houses were cracked; one of the "mansions" had a zigzag crevice from top to bottom.
He removed the bar of the door and through the crevice sounded his terrible war-cry, the scream of a panther.
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British Dictionary definitions for crevice
noun
a narrow fissure or crack; split; cleft
Word Origin for crevice C14: from Old French crevace, from crever to burst, from Latin crepāre to crack
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