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Crater

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Noun

the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
Also called impact crater , meteorite crater. (on the surface of the earth, moon, etc.) a bowl-shaped depression with a raised rim, formed by the impact of a meteoroid. Compare astrobleme .
Astronomy . (on the surface of the moon) a circular or almost circular area having a depressed floor, almost always containing a central mountain and usually completely enclosed by walls that are often higher than those of a walled plain; ring formation; ring. Compare walled plain .
the bowllike orifice of a geyser.
the hole or pit in the ground where a bomb, shell, or military mine has exploded.
Electricity . the cavity formed in a positive carbon electrode by an electric arc.
Greek and Roman Antiquity . krater.
Metalworking . a depression at the end of a bead produced by welding.
( initial capital letter ) Astronomy . the Cup, a small southern constellation west of Corvus and north of Hydra.

Verb (used with object)

to make craters in
Bombs had cratered the landscape.
Slang .
to cancel, abandon, or cast aside
to crater the new project.
to destroy or ruin
One more disappointment won't crater me.

Verb (used without object)

to form a crater or craters
The surface of the concrete cratered and cracked under the repeated impacts.

Synonyms

noun
abyss , bowl , caldera , cavity , depression , hole , hollow , mouth , opening , pit

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