crevice
crevice · crevices
тріщина
трещина, расщелина
Spalte, Spalt, Felsspalt, Felsritze
A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wallA narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.
/ˈkɹɛvɪs/
» The centipede slinked into the narrow crevice.
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2 sensesA narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.
Spalt, Spalte, Felsspalt
тре́щинаtréščina, расще́линаrasščélina
(slang)The vagina.
More definitions
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a long narrow cleft
Examples
8 sentencesThe centipede slinked into the narrow crevice.
The centipede hid in the dark crevices.
We don't have time to search every crevice.
Dust gathered in the small crevices of his dashboard.
My phone fell into the crevice between the two seats.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
narrow crack:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
narrow crack:
Origin
From Middle English crevice, from Old French crevace, from crever (“to break, burst”), froFrom Middle English crevice, from Old French crevace, from crever (“to break, burst”), from Latin crepō (“to break, burst, crack”). Doublet of crevasse.
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