Crevasse
From Mereja Words
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English
Noun
Crevasse (plural Crevasses)- (literally) A crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field; a chasm.
- (figuratively) A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome.
Thesaurus
abysm, abyss, arroyo, box canyon, breach, break, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crater, crevice, cut, cwm, deep, defile, dell, depth, dike, ditch, donga, draw, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hole, hollow, incision, joint, kloof, leak, moat, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, pit, ravine, rent, rift, rime, rupture, scissure, seam, shaft, slit, slot, split, trench, valley, void, wadi, well, yawning abyss
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkɹɛ.vəs/, /kɹəˈvæːs/