Definition of Crevice. Meaning of Crevice. Synonyms of Crevice

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Definition of Crevice

Crevice
Crevice Crev"ice (kr?v"?s), n. [OE. crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr. crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to crack,break. Cf. Craven, Crepitate, Crevasse.] A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent. The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. --Tennyson.
Crevice
Crevice Crev"ice, v. t. To crack; to flaw. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton.

Meaning of Crevice from wikipedia

- Look up crevice in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A crevice is a fracture or fissure in rock. Crevice may also refer to: Crevice corrosion, occurs in...
- Crevice corrosion refers to corrosion occurring in occluded spaces such as interstices in which a stagnant solution is trapped and not renewed. These...
- Crevice weaver spiders (Filistatidae) comprise cribellate spiders with features that have been regarded as "primitive" for araneomorph spiders. They are...
- The tree-crevice skink or tree skink (Egernia striolata) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia...
- species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name crevice alumroot, or small-flowered alumroot. It is native to western North America...
- Crevice Cave is a cave located in Perry County in the state of Missouri. It is the longest cave in Missouri and one of the longest caves in the United...
- used to determine the critical pitting temperature (CPT) and the critical crevice temperature (CCT) of metals and alloys.[citation needed] Aqua regia – Mixture...
- Hole in the Rock is a narrow and steep crevice in the western rim of Glen Canyon, in southern Utah in the western United States. Together with another...
- attached to the surface of teeth. Gingival sulcus, also known as gingival crevice, refers to the space between the tooth surface and the sulcular epithelium...
- Ctenophorus decresii, also known commonly as the tawny dragon, tawny crevice-dragon, or tawny rock dragon, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae...