crater
(noun) a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
Crater
(noun) a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
crater (plural craters)
(astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object. [from 1831]
Synonym: astrobleme
(geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [from 1610s]
(informal) The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb. [from 1839]
(informal, by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
(historical) Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”)
• bomb crater
• impact crater
• volcanic crater
• caldera
• explosion crater
• subsidence crater
• maar crater
• pit crater
crater (third-person singular simple present craters, present participle cratering, simple past and past participle cratered)
To form craters in a surface (of a planet or moon).
To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
Synonyms: implode, hollow out
(snowboarding) To crash or fall.
crater (plural craters)
(Scotland, Irish) Alternative form of creature.
This term is still commonly used in speech but rarely appears in modern writing.
• Carter, arrect, carter, tracer
Crater
(constellation) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.
• Carter, arrect, carter, tracer
Source: Wiktionary
Cra"ter (krtr), n. Etym: [L. crater, cratera, a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. ir to cook, Crail, in Holy Grail.]
1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a gevser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
2. (Mil.)
Definition: The pit left by the explosion of a mine.
3. (Astron.)
Definition: A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
