crevice
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- creviced adjective
Etymology
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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The first pilot was found Friday, but it took more than 36 hours to locate the second aviator who was hiding in a mountain crevice.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
Trump said the Friday rescue of the first airman was kept quiet so a search could continue for the second pilot, who was wounded but climbed up to a mountain crevice where he was rescued.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
It was the US intelligence agency that tracked the airman's exact location to the mountain crevice and passed the information along to the Pentagon.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
But two key moments show where we’re really at these days: in a crevice that leads to a chasm.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025
As the night shadows drifted from the peaks, Eilonwy lit her golden sphere and set it in the crevice of a faulted rock.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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