crevasse

Examples

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• The climbers were warned to stay away from the unstable edge of the crevasse as it could collapse at any moment.

• During the expedition, they carefully crossed the narrow bridge over the deep crevasse to avoid falling in.

• How long does this crevasse go on for?

  Moon Zero Two (1969)

• I fell into a deep, dark crevasse.

  Failure to Launch (2006)

• Three hours later, we reached a crevasse between two ridges and decided to stop for the night.

  Blog text (23)

• Heavy snowflakes sifting down the crevasse obscure even the sky above.

  Fiction book (1999)

• To his right, the crevasse stretched without end, parallel faces disappearing into darkness.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Before him, the uphill wall of the crevasse glimmered smooth in the blue shadows.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The other disappeared into a crevasse—a large crack in the glacier ice.

  Academic text (2011)

• As they trekked through the icy landscape, they encountered a massive crevasse that seemed to stretch endlessly.

Synonyms

C

crack

vscrevasse

267 1.0

A long narrow opening in a surface

is a deeper open break especially found in glaciers or the ground

C

chasm

vscrevasse

33 6.9

A deep, wide opening in the ground between cliffs

is a deep open break often in glaciers usually narrower or less wide

R

rift

vscrevasse

25 4.8

A narrow crack or gap in solid things like rock and clouds

is a deep open break rather than a simple separation between parts

F

fissure

vscrevasse

22 7.0

A long narrow crack in rock or the ground

is a deep open break that is usually larger and more open

B

bergschrund

vscrevasse

• UK

9.9

A deep crack at the top of a glacier next to the mountain

is any deep open break in glaciers or the earth not only at the edge

How Deep

chasm

33 6.9

gorge

32 5.3

crevasse

9 8.6

fissure

22 7.0

crack

267 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology