Word: Crater
How to pronounce: ˈkreɪtə
Noun
Definitions:
1. A large, bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on the surface of a planet or the moon, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite or other celestial body.
Example sentences: "The blast left a crater in the car park"
2. A large bowl used in ancient Greece for mixing wine.
Example sentences: "There were marble craters (mixing bowls) and candelabra, statuary, busts, reliefs, column capitals and bases, and 60 to 70 marble column shafts."
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Form a crater in (the ground or a planet)
Example sentences: "He has the offensive power to crater the enemy's runways"
Proper noun
Definitions:
1. A small and faint southern constellation (the Cup), between Hydra and Leo, said to represent the goblet of Apollo.
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Used with preceding Greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Crater.
Synonyms:
impact crater
meteor crater
vortex
shell hole
sink
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Crater in Other Languages...
Spanish: Crater
German: Krater
French: Cratère
Italian: Cratere
Turkish: Krater
