Definition of crevasses Crevasses
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What does crevasses mean?
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- crevasses (Noun)
Plural of crevasse.
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| crevasse - a deep fissure |
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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 📕
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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.]
