Antonyms for crevice


Grammar : Noun
Spell : krev-is
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɛv ɪs


Definition of crevice

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French crevace (12c., Modern French crevasse) "gap, rift, crack" (also, vulgarly, "the female pudenda"), from Vulgar Latin *crepacia, from Latin crepare "to crack, creak;" meaning shifted from the sound of breaking to the resulting fissure.
  • noun crack
Example sentences :
  • There is only the risk; the crevice to be covered is not a yard long.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • But it struck the crevice fairly, and they heard it rattle on inside.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • She cried from the crevice where she lay huddled, "Never, never!"
  • Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
  • The inner end of the pole she wedged in a crevice of the split rock.
  • Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • Before it could stop the pressure of the herd drove it into the crevice.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
  • Why not suspect him of having placed the hide in the crevice where it had later been found?
  • Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
  • It was not until several days later that he had found it in the crevice.
  • Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
  • And he said if I left the money he would throw it down the crevice yonder––and he would do it!
  • Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
  • He followed Jerry, who bounded across a crevice in the earth.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • Its roots were so firmly fixed in the crevice that it held my weight and saved me.
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers » by Various

Synonyms for crevice

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