fissure

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
  3. noun (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

Etymology

From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix).

In classic literature

Synonyms

crevice, cranny, crack, chap

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