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
22 February 2025
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