Crater

n.	1.	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.
	2.	(Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a bomb, shell, or mine.
	3.	(Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; - called also the Cup.

Noun	1.	crater - a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano Synonyms: volcanic crater
	2.	Crater - a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
	3.	crater - a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb

abysm, abyss, alveolation, alveolus, antrum, armpit, basin, birthmark, blackhead, bleb, blemish, blister, bowl, bulla, cavity, chasm, check, cicatrix, comedo, concave, concavity, crack, craze, crevasse, crypt, cup, deep, defacement, defect, deformation, deformity, depression, depth, dip, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, fault, flaw, fold, follicle, freckle, funnel chest, gulf, hemangioma, hickey, hole, hollow, hollow shell, keloid, kink, lacuna, lentigo, milium, mole, needle scar, nevus, pimple, pit, pock, pocket, pockmark, port-wine mark, port-wine stain, punch bowl, pustule, rift, scab, scar, scoop, scratch, sebaceous cyst, shaft, shell, sink, sinus, socket, split, strawberry mark, sty, track, trough, twist, verruca, vesicle, vug, wale, warp, wart, weal, well, welt, wen, whitehead, yawning abyss

Definitions Index: # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

About this site and copyright information - Online Dictionary Home - Privacy Policy