crevice
a crack forming an opening; cleft; rift; fissure.
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Origin of crevice
1Other words from crevice
- creviced, adjective
Words that may be confused with crevice
- crevice , crevasse
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How to use crevice in a sentence
Rounding the canyon rim, the path veered into a narrow crevice between massive sandstone blocks.
A day’s drive from Chicago, exploring a very different Illinois | Carson Vaughan | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostThey’ve evolved multiple means of eluding the larger animals that endanger them—by stinging, biting, flying, jumping, running, startling, hiding in crevices, and using camouflage as well as chemical defenses.
We Crush, Poison, and Destroy Insects at Our Own Peril - Issue 95: Escape | John Hainze | January 20, 2021 | NautilusThat’s fine if you’re not looking to get into awkward crevices, 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.
Best cordless vacuum: Suck up debris without getting yourself tangled | Charlotte Marcus | January 19, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt 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.
Best cordless vacuum: Suck up debris without getting yourself tangled | Charlotte Marcus | January 19, 2021 | Popular-ScienceAs the pilot in command, the PPC pro needs to monitor all systems — exploring nuances and every crevice of their programs.
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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.
Details Emerge of Adam Lanza’s Life at School and Home | Christine Pelisek | December 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIf 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.
Honey-Bee | Anatole FranceIn the deep, following silence each knew that old Mata's ear felt, like a hand, at the crevice of the shoji.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaThe stone walls of houses were cracked; one of the "mansions" had a zigzag crevice from top to bottom.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHe removed the bar of the door and through the crevice sounded his terrible war-cry, the scream of a panther.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh Pendexter
British Dictionary definitions for crevice
/ (ˈkrɛvɪs) /
a narrow fissure or crack; split; cleft
Origin of crevice
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