noun Download 🔗Share A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm. Examples : "The climber carefully avoided the crevasse in the glacier. " geology geography nature environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A breach in a canal or river bank. Examples : "Heavy rains caused a crevasse in the levee, flooding the nearby farmland. " geography environment disaster Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome. Examples : "The student's predicted grade on the test showed a crevasse compared to their actual score. " geology gap Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To form crevasses. Examples : "The glacier began to crevasse rapidly as the summer heat intensified, making it too dangerous to cross. " geology geography environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fissure with crevasses. Examples : "The glacier crevassed dramatically, splitting the ice into dangerous shards. " geology environment nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading