crevice
[ krev-is ]
/ ˈkrɛv ɪs /
noun
a crack forming an opening; cleft; rift; fissure.
RELATED WORDS
chink, abyss, slit, crevasse, fissure, rift, interstice, cranny, division, opening, chasm, gap, cut, split, fracture, crack, cleft, hole, precipice, rent
Nearby words
- creutzfeldt-jakob disease,
- crevalle,
- crevalle jack,
- crevasse,
- creve coeur,
- crevicular,
- crew,
- crew chief,
- crew cut,
- crew neck
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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crevice
/ (ˈkrɛvɪs) /
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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crevice
mid-14c., from Old French crevace (12c., Modern French crevasse) "gap, rift, crack" (also, vulgarly, "the female pudenda"), from Vulgar Latin *crepacia, from Latin crepare "to crack, creak;" meaning shifted from the sound of breaking to the resulting fissure.
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crevice
[ krĕv′ĭs ]
n.
A narrow crack, fissure, or cleft.
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