crack
noun (NARROW SPACE) /kræk/Definition
C2 [C] a very narrow space between parts of something: Cracks had appeared in the dry ground. We peered through the crack in the floorboards.figurative Cracks began to show in his façade of self-confidence.Holes, hollows and dipsCaves, cracks and crevices (just) a crack › so that there is a very small space: She opened the door just a crack to listen to the conversation.Open and closed
(Definition of crack noun (NARROW SPACE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bergschrund noun
- cave noun
- cavern noun
- chasm noun
- chimney noun (PASSAGE)
- cleft noun
- crater noun
- crevasse noun
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- gulf noun (AREA)
- hole noun (SPACE)
- pit noun (PLACE/AREA)
- pore noun
- pothole noun (HOLE)
- rut noun (HOLE)
- speleologist noun
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- stalactite noun
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