'Crevice' definitions:
Definition of 'crevice'
From: WordNet
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]
Synonyms of 'crevice'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysm,
- abyss,
- arroyo,
- box canyon,
- breach,
- break,
- canyon,
- cavity,
- chap,
- chasm,
- check,
- chimney,
- chink,
- cleft,
- cleuch,
- clough,
- col,
- coulee,
- couloir,
- crack,
- cranny,
- crevasse,
- cut,
- cwm,
- defile,
- dell,
- dike,
- ditch,
- donga,
- draw,
- excavation,
- fault,
- fissure,
- flaw,
- flume,
- fracture,
- furrow,
- gap,
- gape,
- gash,
- gorge,
- groove,
- gulch,
- gulf,
- gully,
- hole,
- incision,
- joint,
- kloof,
- leak,
- moat,
- notch,
- nullah,
- opening,
- pass,
- passage,
- ravine,
- rent,
- rift,
- rime,
- rupture,
- scissure,
- seam,
- slit,
- slot,
- split,
- trench,
- valley,
- void,
- wadi