'Crater' definitions:
Definition of 'crater'
(from WordNet)
noun
A bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano [syn: volcanic crater, crater]
noun
A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
noun
A bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
Definition of 'Crater'
From: GCIDE
- Crater \Cra"ter\ (kr[=a]"t[~e]r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai to mix; cf. Skr. [,c]r[imac] to mix, [,c]ir to cook, [,c]r[=a] to cook. Cf. Grail, in Holy Grail.]
- 1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a bomb, shell, or mine. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'crater'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysm,
- abyss,
- alveolation,
- alveolus,
- antrum,
- armpit,
- basin,
- birthmark,
- blackhead,
- bleb,
- blemish,
- blister,
- bowl,
- bulla,
- cavity,
- chasm,
- check,
- cicatrix,
- comedo,
- concave,
- concavity,
- crack,
- craze,
- crevasse,
- crypt,
- cup,
- deep,
- defacement,
- defect,
- deformation,
- deformity,
- depression,
- depth,
- dip,
- disfiguration,
- disfigurement,
- distortion,
- fault,
- flaw,
- fold,
- follicle,
- freckle,
- funnel chest,
- gulf,
- hemangioma,
- hickey,
- hole,
- hollow,
- hollow shell,
- keloid,
- kink,
- lacuna,
- lentigo,
- milium,
- mole,
- needle scar,
- nevus,
- pimple,
- pit,
- pock,
- pocket,
- pockmark,
- port-wine mark,
- port-wine stain,
- punch bowl,
- pustule,
- rift,
- scab,
- scar,
- scoop,
- scratch,
- sebaceous cyst,
- shaft,
- shell,
- sink,
- sinus,
- socket,
- split,
- strawberry mark,
- sty,
- track,
- trough,
- twist,
- verruca,
- vesicle,
- vug,
- wale,
- warp,
- wart,
- weal,
- well,
- welt,
- wen,
- whitehead,
- yawning abyss