crevasse

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Synonyms: crease, ecrevisse, crevalle, crevasses, crevassed

Antonyms: crease, ecrevisse, crevalle, crevasses, crevassed

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Noun

1. A [[crack]] or [[fissure]] in a [[glacier]] or [[snowfield]]; a [[chasm]].
2. {{lb|en|US}} A [[breach]] in a [[canal]] or [[river]] [[bank]].
3. {{lb|en|by extension}} Any [[cleft]] or fissure.
4. {{lb|en|figuratively}} A [[discontinuity]] or “[[gap]]” between the accounted [[variable]]s and an observed [[outcome]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To form crevasses.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To fissure with crevasses.

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