crevice
a crack forming an opening; cleft; rift; fissure.
Origin of crevice
1Other words from crevice
- creviced, adjective
Words that may be confused with crevice
- crevice , crevasse
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How to use crevice in a sentence
And with their many-creviced walls they were just the type of habitations which appealed most strongly to the merpeople.
Star Born | Andre NortonJust under the brow, on a splintered and creviced ledge, was the nest of the eagles.
Earth's Enigmas | Charles G. D. RobertsLois, over in the damp, fresh-smelling lumber-yard, sat coiled up in one of the creviced houses made by the jutting boards.
They crossed through a world of pines and creviced streams and exhilarating silence.
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories | Owen WisterShe smiled on me, and in her teeth, like white quartz, the creviced gold gleamed.
The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
British Dictionary definitions for crevice
/ (ˈkrɛvɪs) /
a narrow fissure or crack; split; cleft
Origin of crevice
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