crater

noun

1. astronomyA hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.

2. geologyThe basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.

3. The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.

4. informalAny large, roughly circular depression or hole.

5. A bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano

   Similar: volcanic crater

6. A bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb

Alternative spelling of krater
Alternative form of creature.

verb

1. To form craters in a surface.

2. figurativeTo collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.

3. snowboardingTo crash or fall.

   “He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson.”