cleft

cleft

noun

Definition of CLEFT

an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure <my fishing line managed to get wedged in a cleft in the rocks>

Synonyms check, chink, cleft, cranny, crevice, fissure, rift, split

Related Words crevasse; craze, hairline; fracture, rupture; breach, gap, opening; cut, gash, incision, slit