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Definition crater

Etymology 1

First coined 1613, from Latin cr?t?r (“basin”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (kr?t?r, “mixing-bowl, wassail-bowl”).

Noun

crater (plural craters)

  1. (astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object. [from 1831]
  2. (geology) 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. [from 1610s]
  3. (informal) The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb. [from 1839]
  4. (informal, by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
  5. (historical) Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”)
Verb

crater (third-person singular simple present craters, present participle cratering, simple past and past participle cratered)

  1. To form craters in a surface (of a planet or moon)
  2. To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
  3. (snowboarding) To crash or fall.

Etymology 2

Possibly a diminutive of cratur (dialect form of creature).

Noun

crater (plural craters)

  1. (Ireland, informal, Britain, dialectal) A term of endearment, a dote, a wretched thing.

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ACRE 7
CARE 7
CARR 7
CART 7
CATE 7
RACE 7
RARE 4
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REAR 4
TACE 7
TARE 4
TEAR 4
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EAR 3
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TEA 3
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RE 2
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