craters
noun
Meaning
- A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
- The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
- The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
- (by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
- To form craters in a surface (of a planet or moon).
- To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
- To crash or fall.
- A living being; an animal or (sometimes derogatory) a human.
- A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
- A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
- An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.
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