What (who) is crevasse - definition
DEEP CRACK, OR FRACTURE, FOUND IN AN ICE SHEET OR GLACIER
Crevasses; Crevass; Ice fissure; Crevassing; Crevase; Cravass; Cravasse
![A crevasse in [[Tangra Mountains]], [[Antarctica]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Crevasse-Tangra-Mountains.jpg?width=200 "A crevasse in [[Tangra Mountains]], [[Antarctica]]")
crevasse
To become hidden or lost.
I was running around last night and my car keys crevassed somewhere along the way.
I was running around last night and my car keys crevassed somewhere along the way.
Crevasse
·noun A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi.
II. Crevasse ·noun A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.
crevasse
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A crevasse is a large, deep crack in thick ice or rock.
He fell down a crevasse.
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Crevasse
A crevasse is a deep crack, that forms in a glacier or ice sheet that can be a few inches across to over 40 feet. Crevasses form as a result of the movement and resulting stress associated with the shear stress generated when two semi-rigid pieces above a plastic substrate have different rates of movement. The resulting intensity of the shear stress causes a breakage along the faces.
Pronunciation examples for crevasse
1. these crevasses.
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2. to zigzag between crevasses.
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3. That's another crevasse.
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4. like this spanning crevasses.
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5. These huge crevasses open up.
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Examples of use of crevasse
1. She tottered and fell about 20 feet into a crevasse.
2. But engineers found that the crevasse betrayed the danger of a massive landslide.
3. Finally, he reaches for the knife and Simpson falls down into a deep crevasse.
4. A 42–year–old German climber fell into a crevasse and perished on Jan. 3.
5. The most seriously injured were the climbers who plunged into the crevasse.