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Greek

kratēr

large wine-mixing bowl

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An oblique aerial view of one large impact crater in a bare rocky plain, with a raised circular rim, sloping inner walls and a broad sunken floor clearly revealing its bowl-shaped hollow.
noun / verb

crater

KRAY-ter/ˈkreɪtər/

A bowl-shaped depression created in a surface.

Etymology
craterGreeklarge wine-mixing bowl

Greek kratēr named a large bowl for mixing wine with water. Its bowl shape supplied the image for a volcano’s mouth, later extended to other large hollows, including impact scars and explosion cavities.

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