crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
(noun) a long narrow opening
crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap
(noun) a long narrow depression in a surface
Source: WordNet® 3.1
crevice (plural crevices)
A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.
crevice (third-person singular simple present crevices, present participle crevicing, simple past and past participle creviced)
To crack; to flaw.
Source: Wiktionary
Crev"ice (krv"s), n. Etym: [OE. crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr. crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to crack,break. Cf. Craven, Crepitate, Crevasse.]
Definition: A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent. The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. Tennyson.
Crev"ice, v. t.
Definition: To crack; to flaw. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
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.
