crevice

noun

ˈkre-vəs How to pronounce crevice (audio)
Definition of crevicenext
as in fissure
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure steam escaped from a long crevice in the volcano

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Recent Examples of crevice The baby falcons hatched in early May after their falcon parents, Vixen and Dave, nested in a crevice on the second floor of the exterior of Aurora City Hall. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 Moray eels and octopuses sometimes emerge from rocky crevices, while juvenile sharks may glide through the pool. — Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2026 For those that can be cleaned with apple cider vinegar, use the all-purpose cleaning solution to wipe down surfaces and reach into hard-to-reach crevices. — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Aug. 2026 As the gas rapidly accumulates within these tiny crevices, the bubbles expand almost instantaneously and push the beverage violently out of the bottle to create a soda fountain, also called a geyser. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crevice
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crevice
  1. fissure
  2. rift
Noun
  • On a historic square in Savannah, with live oaks cloaked in Spanish moss, Aaron Whitley, the Chatham County Democratic Party chair, says Ossoff has managed to transcend those fissures better than most.
    — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
  • But a fissure remains between those actors who stay morally opposed to cloning, and those who embrace this new reality.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of fissure
Noun
  • But whether the bitter rift with William and Catherine can be mended is another matter.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But the war is deepening all these rifts and creating new ones.
    — Dina Esfandiary, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of rift

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“Crevice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crevice. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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