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cleft

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of cleft

check, chink, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure, rift, split
Words Related to cleft

crevasse

craze, hairline

fracture, rupture

breach, gap, opening

cut, gash, incision, slit

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