Defenition of the word cleft
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Defenition of the word cleft
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
- having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib
- used of hooves
- a long narrow opening
Synonyms for the word cleft
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- bisulcate
- cloven
- crack
- crevice
- dissected
- fissure
- gap
- scissure
Similar words in the cleft
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- cleft
- clefted
- clefting
- clefts
- compound
- divided
Hyponyms for the word cleft
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- break
- chap
- chink
- crater
- crevasse
- fatigue crack
- fault
- faulting
- fracture
- geological fault
- rift
- shift
- slit
- split
- vent
- volcanic crater
- volcano
Hypernyms for the word cleft
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- gap
- indentation
- indenture
- opening
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