crev·ice

[krev-is]
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

crev·iced, adjective

crevice, crevasse.
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crevice (ˈkrɛvɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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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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