CREVASSE

crevasse

(noun) a deep fissure

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

crevasse (plural crevasses)

A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm.

(US) A breach in a canal or river bank.

(figuratively) A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome.

Verb

crevasse (third-person singular simple present crevasses, present participle crevassing, simple past and past participle crevassed)

(intransitive) To form crevasses.

(transitive) To fissure with crevasses.

Source: Wiktionary


Cre`vasse" (kr`vs"), n. Etym: [F. See Crevice.]

1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.

2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi. [U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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