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
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
