crevice
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crev·ice 
[krev-is] Pronunciation Key
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[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]
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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. |
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crevice
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
crevice crev·ice (krěv'ĭs)
n.
A narrow crack, fissure, or cleft.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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