crevasse

1. A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm.

   Gletscherspalte

   тре́щинаtréščina

   a deep fissure

2. (US)A breach in a canal or river bank.

3. (broadly)Any cleft or fissure.

4. (figuratively)A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome.

1. Ivy was growing in the crevasses.

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2. The climbers perished after falling into a crevasse.

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3. The rope snapped and Tom fell down the crevasse.

   ruВерёвка порвалась, и Том упал в расщелину. — marafon

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4. The climber slipped on a rock and fell into a crevasse.

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