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noun
a crack forming an opening; cleft; rift; fissure.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English crevace < Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to crev(er) to crack (< Latin crepāre) + -ace noun suffix
1300–50; Middle English crevace < Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to crev(er) to crack (< Latin crepāre) + -ace noun suffix
Related forms
crev·iced, adjective
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crevice
mid-14c., 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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crevice crev·ice (krěv'ĭs)
n.
A narrow crack, fissure, or cleft.
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