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crevasse

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cre⋅vasse

  [kruh-vas] noun, verb, -vassed, -vas⋅sing.
–noun
1. a fissure, or deep cleft, in glacial ice, the earth's surface, etc.
2. a breach in an embankment or levee.
–verb (used with object)
3. to fissure with crevasses.
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Origin:
1805–15, Americanism; < F; see crevice
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cre·vasse   (krĭ-vās')   
n.  

  1. A deep fissure, as in a glacier; a chasm.

  2. A crack or breach in a dike or levee.

intr. & tr.v.   cre·vassed, cre·vass·ing, cre·vass·es
To develop or cause to develop crevasses.

[French, from Old French crevace, crevice; see crevice.]
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crevasse   (krĭ-vās')  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A deep fissure in a glacier or other body of ice. Crevasses are usually caused by differential movement of parts of the ice over an uneven topography.

  2. A large, deep fissure in the Earth caused by an earthquake.

  3. A wide crack or breach in the bank of a river. Crevasses usually form during floods. ◇ The sediments that spill out through the crevasse and fan out along the external margin of the river's bank form a crevasse splay deposit.


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