cráter

Definitions of cráter
  1. noun
    a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
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    type of:
    depresión, hoyo, mella, muesca
    a sunken or depressed geological formation
  2. noun
    a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
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    type of:
    fisura, hendedura, hendidura, quebradura, quebraja, raja, rendija, resquebradura
    a long narrow opening
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