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CRATERING
Verb
cratering
present participle of crater
Noun
cratering (plural craterings)
The creation of a crater on a surface.
Anagrams
• arrecting, recrating, retracing, terracing
Source: Wiktionary
CRATER
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
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