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Crater

Noun

Définitions

1.NounA hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2.NounThe 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.
3.NounThe pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
4.NounAny large, roughly circular depression or hole.
5.NounAlternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”).
6.VerbTo form craters in a surface.
7.VerbTo collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
8.VerbTo crash or fall.
"He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson."
9.VerbTo die from fall damage.
10.NounAlternative form of creature.
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