crevice
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ɪs 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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| —n | |
| a narrow fissure or crack; split; cleft | |
| [C14: from Old French crevace, from crever to burst, from Latin crepāre to crack] | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
In the two days before the exterminators arrived, the ladybugs discovered every crack and crevice in our house.
They also increase the odds that the tail will flip to safety, say in a nook or crevice.
If you can't hear any water and you don't notice any tracks, your best bet is to move into a valley or rocky crevice.
Three large cement squares separated by the tiniest crevice.
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