crater
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
Đồng nghĩa: astrobleme
- 2.
(geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
- 3.
The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
- 4.
(broadly, informal)(informal, by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
- 5.
(alt of, alternative, historical)Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”).
- 6.
(Ireland, Scotland, alt of, alternative)Alternative form of creature.
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verb- 1.
To form craters in a surface.
- 2.
(figuratively)(figurative) To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
Đồng nghĩa: implode, hollow out, tank
- 3.
(snowboarding) To crash or fall.
He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson.
- 4.
(video games) To die from fall damage.
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First coined 1613, from Latin crātēr (basin), from Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ (mixing-bowl, wassail-bowl). thumb|Crater, in sense 1.Lunar impact crater Taruntius, on the Moon.