'Crevice' definitions:

Definition of 'crevice'

(from WordNet)
noun
A long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap]
noun
A long narrow opening [syn: crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure]

Definition of 'Crevice'

From: GCIDE
  • Crevice \Crev"ice\, v. t. To crack; to flaw. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crevice'

From: GCIDE
  • Crevice \Crev"ice\ (kr?v"?s), n. [OE. crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr. crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to crack,break. Cf. Craven, Crepitate, Crevasse.] A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent. [1913 Webster]
  • The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

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