spacco

Definitions of spacco
  1. noun
    a long narrow opening
    synonyms: anfratto, fessura, incrinatura, pertugio, schisi, spaccatura
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    screpolatura
    a crack in a lip caused usually by cold
    spiraglio
    a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
    diaclasi, movimento tettonico
    (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
    cratere, vulcano
    a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
    type of:
    apertura, breccia, fenditura, finestra, sbocco, scissura
    an open or empty space in or between things
  2. noun
    an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
    synonyms: fessura, pertugio, spaccatura, strappo
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    apertura, breccia, fenditura, finestra, sbocco, scissura
    an open or empty space in or between things
  3. noun
    the act of dividing by cutting or splitting
    synonyms: scissione
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    taglio
    the act of cutting something into parts
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