Antonyms for fissure
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : fish-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪʃ ər |
Definition of fissure
Origin :- c.1400, from Old French fissure (13c.) and directly from Latin fissura "a cleft," from root of findere "to split, cleave," from PIE *bhi-n-d-, from root *bheid- "to split" (cf. Sanskrit bhinadmi "I cleave," Old High German bizzan "to bite," Old English bita "a piece bitten off, morsel," Old Norse beita "to hunt with dogs," beita "pasture, food").
- noun gap
- The least fissure in the latter would have inundated the channel.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
- It is the sound of our souls escaping from some fissure of the brain.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- He walked and walked, and came to a hill: in that hill was a fissure, and in the fissure stood a hut.
- Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
- She peered into the shadowy gulf, but could not see the bottom of the fissure.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- It did not require long to find a spot where the fissure was easily leaped.
- Extract from : « Two Boys in Wyoming » by Edward S. Ellis
- In Fig. 16 is shown a front view of the blossom, showing this fissure.
- Extract from : « My Studio Neighbors » by William Hamilton Gibson
- The other had already disappeared; or else was killed, and had fallen down some fissure.
- Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
- From his position he could see about all there was to be seen in the fissure.
- Extract from : « Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" » by An Old Scout
- The other two turned, took the fissure at a bound, and fled away.
- Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
- Emma placed her letter at the end of the garden, by the river, in a fissure of the wall.
- Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
Synonyms for fissure
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