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Crater
ˈkreɪtə
Crater definitions
noun
crater
craters
- a large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on a celestial object, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite
"the blast left a crater in the car park"
- a large hollow forming the mouth of a volcano
"a great plume of gas and ash rises above the crater"
- a cavity or hole in a surface
"using the rounded end of a rolling pin, make craters over the surface of the cake"
- a large bowl used in ancient Greece for mixing wine
verb
crater
cratered
cratering
craters
- form a crater in (the ground or a planet)
"pilots returned to the airfields to crater the runways"
- drop or fall suddenly and disastrously; collapse
"oil prices have cratered by more than 50 per cent"