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crevasse

noun

/krəˈvæs/

Meaning

a deep crack in a glacier or the earth’s surface

The climbers carefully crossed the icy crevasse.

chasm, fissure, rift, split, gorge

hill, rise, mound

deep crevasse, icy crevasse, fall into a crevasse, cross a crevasse

the upper interior surface of a room

The character and atmosphere of a place.

A unit of length in the metric system equal to 100 centimeters; also, a device that measures quantit...

A soldier who specialized in throwing grenades; later used to describe an elite infantryman.

A group of five people or things, especially musicians.

Essential assistance that cannot be done without; absolutely necessary help.