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DictionarycreviceNarrow crack
noun

crevice

KREV-is/ˈkrevɪs/

A narrow crack or opening in a surface.

A tiny plant grows in the narrow crevice in the rock.

Close narrow crevice in weathered rock surface with tiny plant rooted in gap, no lettering.
Etymology
creviceOld Frenchgap, rift, crack

Old French crevace named a gap or crack, but its ancestry referred to the sound of cracking or creaking. The meaning shifted from the noise of breaking to the fissure left behind.

In context

Panda Fantasy Chronicles186:58
finally he reached the edge of the cliff panting heavily and pulled out a rope ladder he had hidden in a crevice
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More examples

  • A tiny plant grows in the rock's crevice.
  • She shines a flashlight into the dark crevice.
  • Insects hide in the crevices beneath the bark.

Forms

crevice · crevices

Similar words

crack
Any split or narrow break in a surface.
fissure
A fissure is a split or crack; crevice often suggests a narrow opening one could peer or reach into.