CREVASSE


Meaning of CREVASSE in English

/ krəˈvæs; NAmE / noun

a deep open crack, especially in ice, for example in a glacier

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent.: from French , from Old French crevace , from crever to burst, from Latin crepare to rattle, crack.

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