crevice

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a long narrow depression in a surface
  2. noun a long narrow opening

Etymology

From Middle English crevice, from Old French crevace, from crever (“to break, burst”), from Latin crepō (“to break, burst, crack”). Doublet of crevasse.

In classic literature

Synonyms

cranny, crack, fissure, chap

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