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 Definitions of crevasse  [əˈvæs]  

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Definition of 'crevasse' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) crevasse
a fissure, or deep cleft, in glacial ice, the earth's surface, etc.

Etymology:  (1805–15, Amer.; < F; see crevice)

Definition of 'crevasse' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) crevasse
a deep fissure


Definition of 'crevasse' Webster Dictionary 

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

2. (noun) crevasse
a breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi


Translation of 'crevasse' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a very deep crack or split in a glacier.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: diep skeur/spleet, gletse Arabic flag Arabic: صَدْع جَليدي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пукнатина в ледник
Brazilian flag Brazilian: fissura Czech flag Czech: rozsedlina German flag German: tiefer Spalt
Danish flag Danish: gletscherspalte Greek flag Greek: ρήγμα σε πάγο Spanish flag Spanish: grieta de glaciar
Estonian flag Estonian: liustikulõhe Farsi flag Farsi: شکاف عمیق در کوه عمیق Finnish flag Finnish: railo
French flag French: crevasse Hebrew flag Hebrew: בְּקִיע עָמוֹק Hindi flag Hindi: हिमदरार
Croatian flag Croatian: pukotina, raspuklina Hungarian flag Hungarian: gleccserszakadék Indonesian flag Indonesian: retakan di atas es
Icelandic flag Icelandic: jökulgjá Italian flag Italian: crepaccio Japanese flag Japanese: クレバス
Korean flag Korean: (빙하) 크레바스 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: plyšys, įskilimas Latvian flag Latvian: dziļa plaisa šļūdonī
Malay flag Malay: krevas Dutch flag Dutch: gletscherspleet Norwegian flag Norwegian: bresprekk
Polish flag Polish: szczelina Persian flag Persian: شکاف عمیق در کوه عمیق Pashto flag Pashto: ژور سوری په یو ژور غره کی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: fissura Romanian flag Romanian: crevasă Russian flag Russian: расселина
Slovak flag Slovak: rozsadlina Slovenian flag Slovenian: razpoka Serbian flag Serbian: duboka pukotina
Swedish flag Swedish: spricka, rämna Thai flag Thai: รอยแยกหรือรอยแตกในธารน้ำแ Turkish flag Turkish: derin aralık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (冰河、雪原等的)裂縫 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: розколина Urdu flag Urdu: دراڑ، ب‍ڑا شگاف
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vết nứt trên mặt sông băn Chinese flag Chinese: (冰河、雪原等的)裂缝

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