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Definition of Crater

1. Noun. A bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano.

2. Noun. A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus.

3. Noun. A bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb.

Definition of Crater

1. n. 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.

Definition of Crater

1. Proper noun. (constellation): A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra. ¹

2. Noun. (astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object. ¹

3. Noun. (geology) 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. ¹

4. Noun. (informal) The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb. ¹

5. Noun. (informal) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole. ¹

6. Verb. To collapse catastrophically; implode; hollow out; to become devastated or completely destroyed. ¹

7. Verb. (snowboarding) To crash or fall. ¹

8. Noun. (Ireland informal) A term of endearment, a dote, a wretched thing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crater

1. to form cavities in a surface [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Crater

1. The most depressed, usually central portion of an ulcer. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crater

crastination crastinations crataegus crataeguses cratch cratches crate crated crateful cratefuls

crateload crateloads crater (current term) crater arc crater face crater lake crater lakes cratered crateriform cratering

craterings craterization craterless craterlet craterlets craterlike craterous

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