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 These can range from the necessary crevice tool to the luxury Laser Slim Fluffy cleaner head. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025 Attach the crevice tool to your vacuum cleaner and begin vacuuming out the tracks to suck up and loosen dirt or dust. Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025 Next door, the towering crevice of the Inland Sea connects a shallow pool on the inside of the cliff face to the sea, framing views of the sparkling sapphire waters with soaring dark rock. AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025 The little critter swims for a few seconds before disappearing into a crevice with a bloody slurp. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crevice
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Noun
  • Israel's devastating attack on Gaza, which has killed more than 62,000 Palestinians, including over 18,000 children, is exposing deep ideological fissures on the American Right.
    Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Vegetation also can conceal deep fissures and cracks.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Later level and Ankou rifts (secret battle stages) require adept knowledge of the game’s overlapping combat systems.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In addition, Uncle Fester (Fred Armisen) has a greater presence in Season 2, while Morticia’s mother, Grandmama Hester Frump (Joanna Lumley), shows up at Nevermore as a rift between her daughter and granddaughter develops.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Crevice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crevice. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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