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Meanings of
crevice
in English
Portuguese
fenda
Catalan
esberla
Spanish
rendija
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A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
crack
chap
rift
cleft
fissure
cranny
scissure
Related terms
geological structure
Portuguese
fenda
Usage of
crevice
in English
1
Their nearness was an unspeakable comfort to the two in the
crevice
.
2
Then push it well down in the
crevice
,
and pull it tight.
3
Only the
crevice
-
mouthed
caves were used, the narrower the mouth the better.
4
I stood at the entrance to the narrow
crevice
,
spear in hand.
5
Sawdust had worked its way onto every surface and into every
crevice
.
6
We worked at the
crevice
in spells, when the fancy struck us.
7
He looked like a lizard in the
crevice
of a stone wall.
8
I wriggled the spiral notebook free from the
crevice
between the seats.
9
He sought shelter in any cave or
crevice
that he could find.
10
Meantime, Desmond followed the
crevice
until he came to the stone wall.
11
So I struggle along sidewise farther into the
crevice
,
where it narrows.
12
Every crack and
crevice
between the stones being filled up with rubbish.
13
He noted a long narrowing
crevice
extending back from the main opening.
14
Before them was a seemingly interminable
crevice
along which the squaws scuttled.
15
I saw her leap the
crevice
,
drop on her knees beside Drake.
16
Allison and I explored each other's bodies, plucking away, examining every
crevice
.
Other examples for "crevice"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
crevice
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
narrow crevice
small crevice
little crevice
dark crevice
deep crevice
More collocations
Translations for
crevice
Portuguese
fenda
fissura
fresta
abertura
greta
racha
Catalan
esberla
fissura
clivella
trenc
fenedura
escletxa
esquerda
Spanish
rendija
Crevice
through the time
Crevice
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common