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| anticrack |
combined form of crack. |
| aperture |
a narrow opening, such as a hole, crack, gap, or slit. [1/2 definitions] |
| break |
to crack, destroy, or make inoperative or unusable. [1/26 definitions] |
| chap1 |
to crack, dry, or make red. |
| chasm |
a deep crack in the earth's surface. |
| chink1 |
a narrow crack. |
| cracker |
a cylindrical cardboard party favor that makes a loud crack when opened and contains treats or favors. [1/4 definitions] |
| cranny |
a small opening in a wall, rock, or other solid mass; crack or crevice. |
| craze |
a fine crack or network of cracks, as in a glazed surface. [1/6 definitions] |
| crevasse |
a deep cleft or crack, esp. in a glacier or in the earth's surface. [2 definitions] |
| crevice |
a narrow opening, as in vertical rock or a wall; crack; fissure. |
| fault |
a break in part of the earth's crust that is like a crack in the surface of the earth. A fault can be small or it can be hundreds of miles long. Because of the break between the surfaces, the surfaces can move and become uneven with each other. [1/4 definitions] |
| flaw1 |
a crack or break. [1/3 definitions] |
| fracture |
a break or crack. [2 definitions] |
| gulf |
a deep crack in the earth's surface. [1/3 definitions] |
| hairline |
very thin or fine, as a crack or mark. [1/3 definitions] |
| joint |
in geology, a crack or fracture along which two large masses of rock touch. [1/13 definitions] |
| leak |
an opening or crack in a thing that lets something go through it. [2 definitions] |
| lode |
a deposit of a mineral that fills a crack in an area of rock. |
| pip4 |
of a baby bird in the process of hatching, to crack or break open (the eggshell). [1/3 definitions] |
| rift |
a crack or fissure made by breaking, splitting, or separating. [1/4 definitions] |
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