crater
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tər noun
1.
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
2.
Also called impact crater, meteorite crater. (on the surface of the earth, moon, etc.) a bowl-shaped depression with a raised rim, formed by the impact of a meteoroid. Compare astrobleme.
3.
Astronomy. (on the surface of the moon) a circular or almost circular area having a depressed floor, almost always containing a central mountain and usually completely enclosed by walls that are often higher than those of a walled plain; ring formation; ring. Compare walled plain.
4.
the bowllike orifice of a geyser.
5.
the hole or pit in the ground where a bomb, shell, or military mine has exploded.
6.
Electricity. the cavity formed in a positive carbon electrode by an electric arc.
7.
Greek and Roman Antiquity, krater.
8.
Metalworking. a depression at the end of a bead produced by welding.
9.
verb (used with object)
10.
to make craters in: Bombs had cratered the landscape.
11.
Slang.
a.
to cancel, abandon, or cast aside: to crater the new project.
b.
to destroy or ruin: One more disappointment won't crater me.
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Crater
is always a great word to know.
So is meteoroid. Does it mean:
| any of the small bodies, often remnants of comets, traveling through space: when such a body enters the earth's atmosphere it is heated to luminosity and becomes a meteor |
| the gaseous envelope surrounding a heavenly body |
verb (used without object)
12.
to form a crater or craters: The surface of the concrete cratered and cracked under the repeated impacts.
Origin:
1605–15; < Latin < Greek krātḗr mixing bowl, literally, mixer, equivalent to krā- (base of kerannýnai to mix) + -tēr agentive suffix; cf. crasis
1605–15; < Latin < Greek krātḗr mixing bowl, literally, mixer, equivalent to krā- (base of kerannýnai to mix) + -tēr agentive suffix; cf. crasis
Related forms
cra·ter·al, cra·ter·ous, adjective
cra·ter·like, adjective
in·ter·cra·ter, adjective
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Joseph force [fawrs, fohrs] , 1889–?, a judge of the New York State Supreme Court: his mysterious disappearance on August 6, 1930, has never been solved.
[fawrs, fohrs] , 1889–?, a judge of the New York State Supreme Court: his mysterious disappearance on August 6, 1930, has never been solved.
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crate (kreɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a fairly large container, usually made of wooden slats or wickerwork, used for packing, storing, or transporting goods |
| 2. | slang an old car, aeroplane, etc |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to pack or place in a crate |
| [C16: from Latin crātis wickerwork, hurdle] | |
| 'crater | |
| —n | |
| 'crateful | |
| —n | |
| crater (ˈkreɪtə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the bowl-shaped opening at the top or side of a volcano or top of a geyser through which lava and gases are emitted |
| 2. | a similarly shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or exploding bomb |
| 3. | any of the circular or polygonal walled formations covering the surface of the moon and some other planets, formed probably either by volcanic action or by the impact of meteorites. They can have a diameter of up to 240 kilometres (150 miles) and a depth of 8900 metres (29 000 feet) |
| 4. | a pit in an otherwise smooth surface |
| 5. | a large open bowl with two handles, used for mixing wines, esp in ancient Greece |
| —vb | |
| 6. | to make or form craters in (a surface, such as the ground) |
| 7. | slang to fail; collapse; crash |
| [C17: from Latin: mixing bowl, crater, from Greek kratēr, from kerannunai to mix] | |
| 'cratered | |
| —adj | |
| 'craterless | |
| —adj | |
| 'crater-like | |
| —adj | |
| Crater (ˈkreɪtə) | |
| —n , Latin genitive Crateris | |
| a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Virgo and Hydra | |
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Word Origin & History
crater
1613, from Gk. krater "bowl for mixing wine with water," from kera- "to mix." used in L. for bowl-shaped mouth of a volcano. Applied to features of the Moon since 1860.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary
crater cra·ter (krā'tər)
n.
A circular depression or pit in the surface of a tissue or body part.
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Science Dictionary
crater (krā'tər) Pronunciation Key
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Slang Dictionary
crater definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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It still shows some steam activity from its crater, though it is considered dormant.
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