CRATER

I. noun Etymology: Latin, mixing bowl, ~, from Greek kratēr, from kerannynai to mix; akin to Sanskrit śrīṇāti he mixes Date: 1613 1. the bowl-shaped depression around the orifice of a volcano, a depression formed by an impact (as of a meteorite), a hole in the ground made by the explosion of a bomb or shell, an eroded lesion, a dimple in a painted surface, ~like adjective II. verb Date: 1884 intransitive verb to exhibit or form ~s, to fail or fall suddenly and dramatically ; collapse , crash , transitive verb to form ~s in, see: krater