Definitions from Wiktionary (crater)
▸ noun: (astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
▸ noun: (geology) The 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.
▸ noun: The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
▸ noun: (informal, by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
▸ verb: To form craters in a surface.
▸ verb: (figurative) To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
▸ verb: (snowboarding) To crash or fall.
▸ verb: (video games) To die from fall damage.
▸ noun: (astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.
▸ noun: (historical) Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”) [(historical) An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.]
▸ noun: (Scotland, Ireland) Alternative form of creature. [A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.]
▸ Also see crater
impact craters,
bomb craters,
Lunar craters,
craters of the moon,
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve,
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▸ noun: (astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
▸ noun: (geology) The 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.
▸ noun: The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
▸ noun: (informal, by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
▸ verb: To form craters in a surface.
▸ verb: (figurative) To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
▸ verb: (snowboarding) To crash or fall.
▸ verb: (video games) To die from fall damage.
▸ noun: (astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.
▸ noun: (historical) Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”) [(historical) An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.]
▸ noun: (Scotland, Ireland) Alternative form of creature. [A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.]
▸ Also see crater
Opposite:
Types:
impact crater,
volcanic crater,
complex crater,
simple crater,
peak-ring crater,
central peak crater,
polygonal crater,
pit crater,
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