1. Broken without being divided into parts but having fissures appear on the surface.
2. Of a ceramic surface; covered with a network of fine cracks; SYN. crackled, crazed.
Crevasse.
1. A long narrow opening; SYN. cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure.
2. A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something; SYN. check, chip.
3. A usually brief attempt; SYN. fling, go, pass, whirl, offer.
4. A sudden sharp noise; SYN. cracking.
5. A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted.
ETYM Old Eng. crevace, crevice. French crevasse, from crever to break, burst, from Latin crepare to crack,break. Related to Craven, Crepitate, Crevasse.
A long narrow depression in a surface; SYN. cranny, crack, fissure, chap.