crevasse

noun

Definition of crevassenext
as in chasm
a deep, narrow opening or crack in an area of thick ice or rock

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Recent Examples of crevasse Driven by 20 mushers and more than 150 dogs, the relay of sled teams navigated a blizzard, hidden crevasses in the snow and ice, and the continual darkness of the Arctic winter. — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025 But 15 years later Sjögren is a sorry sight, wrinkled with crevasses and sagging in the middle. — Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 July 2012 Glacier crevasses are ever more prevalent as the ice shrinks and shifts. — Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025 The pothole Brenda had seen was on its way to becoming a crevasse. — Gary Greenberg, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for crevasse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crevasse
  1. chasm
  2. crevice
  3. fissure
  4. abyss
  5. cleft
  6. ravine
  7. canyon
  8. gorge
Noun
  • On a series of party-line votes Thursday, the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee acted in advance of next week’s deadline to approve bills that expose a wide chasm between majority Democrats and minority Republicans over labor-management relations, mandates and regulations.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The last-minute reliance on SpaceX's Dragon capsule underscored the chasm between Musk's relative upstart company and Boeing, the 108-year-old aerospace giant that has been bedeviled by technical, safety and engineering issues for years.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of chasm
Noun
  • While cleaning floors is what first comes to mind when purchasing a new vacuum, this one is also a game changer for upholstery and vents thanks to its crevice tool and dust brush attachments.
    — Ali Faccenda, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
  • These brooms usually are lightweight and have angled heads to get into cracks and crevices.
    — BestReviews, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of crevice
Noun
  • Angela Stent, a former national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council, said Putin is likely in no rush to end the war amid the fissures between Trump and Zelensky and between Europe and the U.S. about the way ahead.
    — AAMER MADHANI, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
  • With support for Proposition 1 varying little across race or geography, ideological lines proved to be the main fissure.
    — Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of fissure
Noun
  • Just over a year ago its Marvel Studios division was staring into an abyss.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • In March 2020, the U.S. economy seemed to be spiraling into an abyss.
    — John Jennings, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of abyss
Noun
  • Many birth defects are treatable; orofacial clefts and some heart defects, for example, can be corrected with surgery.
    — Almut Winterstein, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Valproic acid causes birth defects that can be detected in utero such as oral clefts or spina bifida.
    — Almut Winterstein, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
Definition of cleft
Noun
  • If reaching a safe shelter is not possible, either crouch down in your car and cover your head, or leave your vehicle and seek refuge in a low-lying area like a ditch or ravine.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2025
  • If no alternative exists, set up camp in a valley, ravine, or other low-lying areas.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of ravine
Noun
  • Smallmouths are also impacting rainbow and brown trout, two other non-natives that are managed closely in the canyon.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025
  • With its warm wood planking, plentiful resting areas, and plantings of long, waving grasses, the park, no matter how crowded, feels like a calm canyon snaking through crumbling tenements and monumental skyscrapers, offering occasional glimpses of the Hudson River beyond.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of canyon
Noun
  • Kloss’ landscape prints deftly, insightfully capture the mountains and streams and gorges and cottonwood trees and snow and atmosphere of the terrain in and around Taos.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park spans 31,000 acres of exceptionally rugged, remote terrain that surrounds part of a deep, steep-walled gorge carved into rock by the Gunnison River, McClatchy News reported.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of gorge

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