Crater
['kreɪtə] or ['kretɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb.
(noun.) a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus.
Checker: Victoria--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine.
(n.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.
Typist: Manfred
Definition
n. the bowl-shaped mouth of a volcano.—adjs. Crat′eriform or Crater′iform shaped like a crater; Crat′erous.
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Examples
- He brought out his sentences in short violent jerks, as though they were forced up from a deep inner crater of indignation. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Melnos is an extinct volcano, and this is the crater. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Thus the pass will be closed up, sealing the pirates up in the crater, so if the volcano does burst out, they will be blown to pieces. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- True, at first, I hesitated about establishing a colony in the crater of an extinct volcano, for one would never know when it would break out again. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- To live, for me, Jane, is to stand on a crater-crust which may crack and spue fire any day. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It was half an hour before musketry firing, to amount to anything, was opened upon our men in the crater. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The effect was to blow the top of the hill off and make a crater where it stood. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Editor: Woodrow