crevice

as in fissure
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure steam escaped from a long crevice in the volcano

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Recent Examples of crevice No trail, just rock after rock, a phantom rattlesnake curled in every crevice. Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 Most vacuums are fit for the job with an attachment suited for getting into small crevices. Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025 Fascistic creep bubbles like lava through the crevices of America’s political and cultural substrata. Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025 Use an old toothbrush to scrub the corners and crevices. Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crevice
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Noun
  • The journalist Beth Macy, who in her previous books chronicled the widening fissures in American society by examining the opioid crisis and the aftereffects of globalization, grew up there.
    Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Once enough cars have sped over these fissures, chunks begin breaking off to create those infamous potholes that pop tires and ruin shocks.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Gradually, a palpable discomfort in their relationship comes into focus, a troubling rift that the duo is careful to dance around.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Maya only existed to bring Emily out of the closet and cause a rift in Emily’s relationship with her mother.
    Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025

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“Crevice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crevice. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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