Crevice

Word CREVICE
Character 7
Hyphenation crev ice
Pronunciations /ˈkɹɛvɪs/

Definitions and meanings of "Crevice"

What do we mean by crevice?

A narrow crack or opening; a fissure or cleft. noun

To make crevices in; crack; flaw.

To channel; ornament with crevices.

A crack; a cleft; a fissure; a rent; a narrow opening of some length, as between two parts of a solid surface, or between two adjoining surfaces: as, a crevice in a wall, rock, etc. noun

Specifically, in lead-mining, in the Mississippi valley, a fissure in which the ore of lead occurs. noun

An obsolete form of crawfish. noun

To crack; to flaw. transitive verb

A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent. noun

A narrow crack or fissure, in a rock or wall. noun

To crack; to flaw. verb

A long narrow depression in a surface noun

A long narrow opening noun

A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Crevice

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The word "crevice" in example sentences

The passage, which Captain Glass had called a crevice, twisted into this reef, curved directly to the north heel, and ran along the base of the perpendicular rock. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"They are our people," he tells me, "people called the crevice people, the bat people." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The ground squirrel that called the crevice his home came shooting out of his burrow, tail high and stiff, bounding with rage, to chitter angrily at her. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1991)

Mammoth Cave, was not visited, as the entrance is described as a crevice through which a man has difficulty in squeezing his way, while the interior is nowhere more than 8 feet wide. ❋ Gerard Fowke (1894)

The Salto (or Leap) is a crevice, which is crossed by a draw-bridge. ❋ Unknown (1851)

It has a nice little storage place right on my dashboard (also known as a crevice) and it stays right there until I need it and goes right back there when I am done with it or I get out of the car. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So that kind of crevice at the end of a mattress, where the ticking is that what it's called that raised thing at the edge of a mattress, they apparently love to live in that crevice there. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It always amazes me people who want to be "crevice" docs?? ❋ Kittenpie (2006)

The blessed light of day itself peeps in, an ugly phantom face, through the unchangeable crevice which is his prison window. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The central issue in my opininion is that M15 did not maintain surveillance on the two 7/7suspects even when they had been in contact with the "crevice" suspects This can only be due to lack of resource in M15 or shortage of suitably trained surveillance personnel. ❋ Rachel (2006)

The passage of the creek was along a kind of crevice of the mountain, and we were strongly convinced that the Indians would not follow upon our trail further than the entrance to the mountain. ❋ Unknown (1830)

The vacuum does come with 3 attachment tools such as crevice, upholstery and floor brush. ❋ Unknown (2010)

According to an old proverb, misfortune springs into the house through the door, enters by the window, and creeps in through any crevice which is not blocked up; and thus was it now. [ ❋ Unknown (1878)

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