fissure
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈfɪʃər/
:
fisura
- After the earthquake, a large fissure appeared in the middle of the road, making it impassable.
- fissures and cracks
- fissure in the rock
And so when I looked up into these branches, I looked past this great black fissure which is, you know, where the tree amazingly mended itself.
- And so when I looked up into these branches, I looked past this great black fissure which is, you know, where the tree amazingly mended itself.
Examples
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Midafternoon finally brought them to the bottom of the fissure and the narrow defile that lay beyond.
Fiction book (1992) -
It just bubbles through a narrow fissure in a rock fall.
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We had an idea that a huge fissure would open up.
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That ocean lab must have gone down into that fissure.
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Economic division has created a fissure between two distinct Catholic communities in Northern Ireland.
Academic text (1996) -
A fissure between two tectonic plates.
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The ground under Los Angeles is notoriously unstable, and clearly a fissure has opened some deposit of gas.
Fiction book (1999) -
Then a more severe earthquake widened the fissure, allowing these creatures to escape into the sea.
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A slight unevenness in the heating would cause deep fissures in the surface.
Fiction book (1992) -
The fire was a narrow rim of brightness leaking from a fissure on the mountains' crest.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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1.0
An opening in something, often made by people or nature
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4.1
A break in something hard like a bone or rock
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1.0
A long narrow opening in a surface
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6.9
A deep, wide opening in the ground between cliffs
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4.2
A narrow opening in rock or a wall where things can hide
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4.8
A narrow crack or gap in solid things like rock and clouds
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4.8
A small narrow gap or crack in a wall where things can hide
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6.4
A small narrow opening that lets light or air through
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8.6
A deep open crack in a glacier or in the ground
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6.1
A narrow crack in rock or ground where water can pass
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7.0
An opening in a surface or structure, like a hole in a wall
A long narrow crack in rock or a part of the body
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A deep groove on the inner back part of the brain that holds the main area for sight
- Specialized
A deep groove on the side of the brain that separates the front part from the part behind it
- Specialized
A deep groove in the brain that separates the front and side parts
- Archaic
A deep groove on the side of the brain that separates the front and top parts
- Specialized
A deep groove near the back of the brain that separates the parietal and occipital lobes
- Specialized
A deep groove on each side of the brain that separates the front and side lobes
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fissure comes from the Latin fissura, which means 'a split' or 'a crack'. Like the word fission, which is breaking apart, a fissure is a long, narrow crack in rock, earth, or another surface.