What does crater mean?
Definitions for craterˈkreɪ tər
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Princeton's WordNet
volcanic crater, crater(noun)
a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
Crater(noun)
a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
crater(noun)
a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
Wiktionary
Crater(ProperNoun)
: A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.
Origin: Possibly a diminutive of cratur (dialect form of creature).
Webster Dictionary
Crater(noun)
the basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up
Crater(noun)
the pit left by the explosion of a mine
Crater(noun)
a constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup
Origin: [L. crater, cratera, a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai to mix; cf. Skr. r to mix, ir to cook, r to cook. Cf. Grail, in Holy Grail.]
Freebase
Crater
Crater is a constellation. Its name is Latin for cup, and in Greek mythology it is identified with the cup of the god Apollo. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It is faint, with no star brighter than third magnitude.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Crater
krāt′ėr, n. the bowl-shaped mouth of a volcano.—adjs. Crat′eriform, or Crater′iform, shaped like a crater; Crat′erous. [L.,—Gr. kratēr, a large bowl for mixing wine, from kerannynai, to mix.]
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
Crater
The depression that forms in the positive carbon of a voltaic arc. (See Arc, Voltaic.)
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
crater
The pit, depression, or cavity formed in the surface of the Earth by an explosion. It may range from saucer shaped to conical, depending largely on the depth of burst. In the case of a deep underground burst, no rupture of the surface may occur. The resulting cavity is termed a
Anagrams for crater »
tracer
carter, Carter
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of crater in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of crater in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
It was pitch dark. He didn't see that crater.
Where else can you walk on a nuclear test bed and an atomic bomb crater site?
It's a detective story, we're using our tools to read the rocks and piece the crater back together.
The Chicxulub impact crater has been a remarkable scientific opportunity for the 20 years since it's been discovered.
I would never have believed that the first close up picture we get of Pluto didn't have a single impact crater on it, that's just astonishing.
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Translations for crater
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- فوهة البركانArabic
- кратер, ямаBulgarian
- cràterCatalan, Valencian
- kráterCzech
- KraterGerman
- κρατήραςGreek
- cráterSpanish
- kraatteriFinnish
- cratèreFrench
- towlManx
- מכתשHebrew
- cratereItalian
- 火山口, クレーター, 噴火口Japanese
- crātērLatin
- kawahMalay
- kraterDutch
- kraterNorwegian
- crateraPortuguese
- кратер, жерлоRussian
- kraterSlovene
- krater, nedslagskrater, vulkankraterSwedish
- bunganga ng bulkanTagalog
- кратерUkrainian
- 弹坑Chinese
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