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crev·ice       [krev-is] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a crack forming an opening; cleft; rift; fissure.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME crevace < AF, OF, equiv. to crev(er) to crack (< L crepāre) + -ace n. suffix]

creviced, adjective
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crev·ice       (krěv'ĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A narrow crack or opening; a fissure or cleft.


[Middle English, from Old French crevace, probably from Vulgar Latin *crepācia, from *crepa, from Latin crepāre, to crack.]

crev'iced adj.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
crevice 
c.1340, 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

noun
1. a long narrow depression in a surface 
2. a long narrow opening [syn: crack

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crevice crev·ice (krěv'ĭs)
n.
A narrow crack, fissure, or cleft.

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Crevice

Crev"ice\ (kr?v"?s), n. [OE. crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr. crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to crack,break. Cf. Craven, Crepitate, Crevasse.] A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.

The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. --Tennyson.

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Crevice

Crev"ice\, v. t. To crack; to flaw. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton.

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