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UK
/kɹˈɛvɪs/
]
[ US /ˈkɹɛvəs/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹɛvəs/ ]
NOUN
- a long narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
How To Use crevice In A Sentence
- The letters were carved in a cramped scrawl, moonlight etching the crevices and staining the shadows silver.
- The clothyard shafts found every crevice in their armor and the housings of the steeds. The Bloody Crown of Conan
- Both male and female build the nest, which is usually in a hole or crevice in the rocks.
- As its top cooled and contracted, it developed narrow crevices more than fifty feet deep.
- On one occasion we enjoyed a medium drift down a V-shaped channel, watching the usual teeming reef life flash by below and finning back every now and then to peer into crevices before being swept on.
- Certain plants are ideal for growing in the crevices of a wall and will help to soften the harsh texture of the stonework.
- Think how a real rockface looks, with little crevices in which even the elusive edelweiss might survive. Times, Sunday Times
- Smoke blasts through chimneys and the odd crevice, as if to remind you that this machine belongs to the era of steam power.
- In this terrain the cacomistle, a catlike raccoon, lives in rock crevices.
- An imprint left from the wooden crevices branded a mark on her face as she gritted her teeth.