Defenition of the word fissure
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Defenition of the word fissure
- A deep, steep-sided rift.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- a long narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
- break into fissures or fine cracks
Synonyms for the word fissure
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- chap
- cleft
- crack
- cranny
- crevice
- fracture
- gap
- scissure
- split
Similar words in the fissure
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- fissure
- fissure's
- fissures
Hyponyms for the word fissure
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- break
- chap
- chink
- crater
- crevasse
- fatigue crack
- fault
- faulting
- fracture
- geological fault
- hilum
- hilus
- rift
- shift
- slit
- split
- sulcus
- vent
- volcanic crater
- volcano
Hypernyms for the word fissure
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- crack
- depression
- gap
- groove
- impression
- imprint
- opening
- vallecula
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