English Explanatory Dictionary

crevasse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm.
  2. A breach in a canal or river bank.
  3. Any cleft or fissure.
  4. A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome.
verb
  1. To form crevasses.
  2. To fissure with crevasses.

Pronunciation

/kɹəˈvæs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crevasse.wav

Word forms

crevasse crevasses crevassing crevassed

Etymology

From French crevasse. Doublet of crevice.

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