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crevice

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of crevice

an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure
  • Steam escaped from a long crevice in the volcano.
Synonyms of crevice

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

crevasse

craze, hairline

fracture, rupture

breach, gap, opening

cut, gash, incision, slit

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