crevice
[krev-is]
noun
a crack forming an opening; cleft; rift; fissure.
Origin of crevice
1300–50; Middle English crevace < Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to crev(er) to crack (< Latin crepāre) + -ace noun suffix
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Related Words for crevice
chink, abyss, slit, crevasse, fissure, rift, interstice, cranny, division, opening, chasm, gap, cut, split, fracture, crack, cleft, hole, precipice, rentExamples from the Web for crevice
Contemporary Examples of crevice
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.
Historical Examples of crevice
There is only the risk; the crevice to be covered is not a yard long.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
But it struck the crevice fairly, and they heard it rattle on inside.
Two Thousand Miles BelowCharles Willard Diffin
She cried from the crevice where she lay huddled, "Never, never!"
Tales of UnrestJoseph Conrad
The inner end of the pole she wedged in a crevice of the split rock.
Out of the DepthsRobert Ames Bennet
Before it could stop the pressure of the herd drove it into the crevice.
crevice
noun
Word Origin for crevice
C14: from Old French crevace, from crever to burst, from Latin crepāre to crack
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crevice
[krĕv′ĭs]
n.
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