brisure

Definitions of brisure
  1. noun
    a long narrow opening
    synonyms: fente, fissure
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    types:
    fente
    a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
    faille
    (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
    type of:
    ouverture, trou
    an open or empty space in or between things
  2. noun
    a long narrow depression in a surface
    synonyms: fissure
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    type of:
    bosse, empreinte, enfoncement
    a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
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