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CREVICE

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crev⋅ice

  [krev-is]
–noun
a crack forming an opening; cleft; rift; fissure.
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Origin:
1300–50; ME crevace < AF, OF, equiv. to crev(er) to crack (< L crepāre) + -ace n. suffix

Related forms:
creviced, adjective
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crev·ice   (krěv'ĭs)   
n.  A narrow crack or opening; a fissure or cleft.

[Middle English, from Old French crevace, probably from Vulgar Latin *crepācia, from *crepa, from Latin crepāre, to crack.]
crev'iced adj.
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Word Origin & History

crevice 
c.1340, from O.Fr. crevace, from V.L. *crepacea, from L. crepare "to crack, creak," meaning shifted from the sound of breaking to the resulting fissure.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: crev·ice
Pronunciation: 'krev-&s
Function: noun
: a narrow fissure or cleft crevice> —seeGINGIVAL CREVICE
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crevice crev·ice (krěv'ĭs)
n.
A narrow crack, fissure, or cleft.

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