The meaning of Crater
Crater – definition
nounA large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on a celestial object, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite.
Usage examples:
The blast left a crater in the car parknounA large bowl used in ancient greece for mixing wine.
Usage examples:
There were marble craters (mixing bowls) and candelabra, statuary, busts, reliefs, column capitals …
verbForm a crater in (the ground or a planet).
Usage examples:
Pilots returned to the airfields to crater the runways
proper nounA small and faint southern constellation (the cup), between hydra and leo, said to represent the goblet of apollo.
adjectiveUsed with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation crater.
Usage examples:
The star delta crateris
nounA large hole in the top of a volcano (= mountain made from liquid rock)
Usage examples:
The meteorite left a crater six feet deep.
Crater translation into English
Crater: translate from English into Chinese
Crater: translate from English into Dutch
Crater: translate from English into French
Crater: translate from English into German
Crater: translate from English into Hindi
Crater: translate from English into Italian
Crater: translate from English into Korean
Crater: translate from English into Russian
Crater: translate from English into Spanish
Word origin
early 17th century (denoting the hollow forming the mouth of a volcano): via Latin from Greek kratēr ‘mixing-bowl’, from krasis ‘mixture’.
Study English words for free
Worder is a free project where you can save words, add translations and study English words.
In order to use our service, you need a free account. You can sign in or sign up an account right now. You can use it in our application afterward.
* The project is being actively developed right now. So, not all functions are available, but we update it regularly.
Crater – similar words
Crater synonims
My Worder
Please register or authorize in order to use all the features of our service.
Our statistic
🙏 Support our free project clicking on the ads below: