'Crevasse' definitions:
Definition of 'crevasse'
(from WordNet)
noun
A deep fissure
Definition of 'Crevasse'
From: GCIDE
- Crevasse \Cre`vasse"\ (kr?`v?s"), n. [F. See Crevice.]
- 1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'crevasse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysm,
- abyss,
- arroyo,
- box canyon,
- breach,
- break,
- chap,
- chasm,
- check,
- chimney,
- chink,
- cleft,
- cleuch,
- clough,
- col,
- coulee,
- couloir,
- crack,
- cranny,
- crater,
- crevice,
- cut,
- cwm,
- deep,
- defile,
- dell,
- depth,
- dike,
- ditch,
- donga,
- draw,
- excavation,
- fault,
- fissure,
- flaw,
- flume,
- fracture,
- furrow,
- gap,
- gape,
- gash,
- gorge,
- groove,
- gulch,
- gulf,
- gully,
- hole,
- hollow,
- incision,
- joint,
- kloof,
- leak,
- moat,
- notch,
- nullah,
- opening,
- pass,
- passage,
- pit,
- ravine,
- rent,
- rift,
- rime,
- rupture,
- scissure,
- seam,
- shaft,
- slit,
- slot,
- split,
- trench,
- valley,
- void,
- wadi,
- well,
- yawning abyss