Definition of crevasse Crevasse

cre•vasse

We found 8 definitions of crevasse from 5 different sources.

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Noun

Plural: crevasses

crevasse - a deep fissure

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crevasse (Noun)
A crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field; a chasm.
crevasse (Noun)
A discontinuity or “ gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome.
crevasse (Verb)
To form crevasses.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

crevasse (n.)
A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.
crevasse (n.)
A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

crevasse
krev-as′, n. a crack or split, esp. applied to a cleft in a glacier: (U.S.) a breach in a canal or river bank.—v.t. to fissure with crevasses. [Fr.]

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crevasse, verb, present, 1st person singular of crevasse (infinitive).
crevasse, verb (infinitive).
crevasse, noun, singular of crevasses.

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