Defenition of the word crater

• Defenition of the word crater

  • A hole or depression. Most are roughly circular or oval in outline.
  • a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
  • a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo
  • a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
  • a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
  • a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano
  • a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano

Synonyms for the word crater

• • basin
  • bowl
  • cave
  • cavern
  • cavity
  • Crater
  • depression
  • dip
  • hole
  • hollow
  • indentation
  • low spot
  • vent
  • volcano

Similar words in the crater

• • crater
  • crater's
  • cratered
  • cratering
  • craters

Meronymys for the word crater

• • volcano

Hyponyms for the word crater

• • caldera
  • collector
  • lunar crater
  • maar

Hypernyms for the word crater

• • cleft
  • constellation
  • crack
  • crevice
  • depression
  • fissure
  • formation
  • geological formation
  • natural depression
  • scissure

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