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crevasse definition

cre·vasse (krə vas′)

noun

  1. a deep crack or fissure, esp. in a glacier
  2. ☆ a break in the levee of a river, dike, etc.

Etymology: Fr < OFr crevace, crevice

transitive verb crevassed -·vassed′, crevassing -·vass′·ing

to make a crevasse or crevasses in

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