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crevasse

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As a noun, crevasse means a crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield. As a verb, it means form crevasses.

Meanings of crevasse

6 meanings

noun

  1. A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm.

  2. USA breach in a canal or river bank.

  3. Any cleft or fissure.

  4. figurativelyA discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome.

verb

  1. To form crevasses.

  2. To fissure with crevasses.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

crevasse around the world

USA breach in a canal or river bank.

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