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crevice

/ˈkrɛv.ɪs/

Translations

crevicenoun

crevices

/ˈkrɛv.ɪs/

fissure

The hiker carefully navigated the crevice in the mountain path.

Le randonneur a soigneusement évité la fissure du sentier de montagne.

Additional translations

crevasseSurtout pour une ouverture profonde dans la roche, la glace ou le sol.

Synonyms

creviceverb

creviced

Past Simple

creviced

Past Participle

crevicing

Gerund

/ˈkrɛvɪs/

fissurer

Repeated freeze–thaw cycles creviced the limestone cliff.

Les cycles répétés de gel et de dégel ont fissuré la falaise calcaire.

Additional translations

crevasserSurtout pour la roche, la terre ou une surface qui se fendille.

Synonyms

Antonyms

creviceadjective

Attributive use of the noun

à fentesSurtout dans le registre technique, par exemple pour les accessoires d’aspirateur.

He attached a crevice tool to the vacuum cleaner.

Il a fixé un embout à fentes à l’aspirateur.

Definitions

crevicenoun

A narrow opening or fissure, especially in a rock or wall.

The hiker carefully navigated the crevice in the mountain path.

creviceverb

To cause to crack or split so as to form crevices; to fissure.

Repeated freeze–thaw cycles creviced the limestone cliff.

creviceadjective

Designed for use in, or relating to, a crevice.

He attached a crevice tool to the vacuum cleaner.