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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