crevice
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈkrɛvɪs/
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grieta
- Yellow-spotted rock hyraxes (Heterohyrax brucei) in Tanzania share a crevice that protects them from the sun.
- cracks and crevices
- rock crevices
- rocky crevices
We come in and we see things in cracks and crevices and how do we attract that client?
- We come in and we see things in cracks and crevices and how do we attract that client?
- Venus's blue muscles under her uniform, the crevice filled by the usual device.
Examples
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We found him trapped in a small crevice with a broken leg.
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They could have taken refuge in one of the crevices in the wall.
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Use every crevice you can.
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Mary had discovered the stone crevice twelve years earlier, when she was seven.
Fiction book (1993) -
Suddenly, they came upon a huge crevice that barred any further progress.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sticks were used to scare fish out of crevices along the edge.
Academic text (1993) -
Hector spends a long, cold night alone, squatting in a narrow crevice in the rocks.
Fiction book (1993) -
The slot canyons are deep, water and wind-eroded sandstone crevices that have taken thousands of years to form.
Academic text (1995) -
We found him trapped in a small crevice with a broken leg.
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They could have taken refuge in one of the crevices in the wall.
Synonyms
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1.0
An opening in something, often made by people or nature
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1.0
A long narrow opening in a surface
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4.8
A narrow crack or gap in solid things like rock and clouds
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7.0
A long narrow crack in rock or the ground
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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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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
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Etymology
Crevice comes from an old French word crevace meaning 'a crack' or 'to split'. So a crevice is a narrow opening or crack in a rock or wall, which makes the word easy to remember.