Crater

Examples

• All

• Look at the Tsiolkovsky Crater.

  Apollo 13 (1995)

• At the Visitor Center near Halemaumau Crater, I read about Pele's legend.

  Academic text (1990)

• The town of Crater is about an hour's drive south of here.

  Fiction book (1995)

• But we should still be able to land in the West Crater.

  Shark Side of the Moon (2022)

• Photo (black & white): A view of Meteor Crater from space.

  Academic text (2009)

• Or maybe it tells me that we should go to Flagstaff and check out Meteor Crater.

  Traceroute (2016)

• I was surprised as I first scrolled through to see Crater Lake: Gem of the Cascades.

  Blog text (5)

• The loop will take you to Elegante Crater, Cerro Colorado, and back to the field station.

  Blog text (30)

• The dormant volcano, Haleakala Crater.

  Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)

• The rover Spirit is due to touch down in Crater at 8:35 p.m. Pacific time.

Compounds

V

volcanic crater

1 4.0

A bowl-shaped hollow at the top of a volcano

L

lunar crater

1 5.6

A round hole on the Moon's surface made by a rock from space

C

crater face

• Slang

1 9.8

A face with deep scars or small holes caused by severe acne

C

Crater Lake National Park

1 4.3

A national park in Oregon with the deepest lake in the United States formed in a volcano crater

P

parking crater

• Informal

8.1

A large hole in a parking area that can damage tires

Surface Forms

Etymology