The meaning of Cratering

Cratering – definition

verb
Form a crater in (the ground or a planet).
Usage examples:
Pilots returned to the airfields to crater the runways

noun
A 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 park

noun
A large bowl used in ancient greece for mixing wine.
Usage examples:
There were marble craters (mixing bowls) and candelabra, statuary, busts, reliefs, column capitals …

proper noun
A small and faint southern constellation (the cup), between hydra and leo, said to represent the goblet of apollo.

adjective
Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation crater.
Usage examples:
The star delta crateris

noun
The process of forming craters (= hollow areas in the ground), or the fact that craters have formed
Usage examples:
All of these impact craters on earth represent relatively recent cratering., the photograph shows h…

Cratering translation into English

Cratering: translate from English into Chinese

陨石坑

Cratering: translate from English into Dutch

Kratervorming

Cratering: translate from English into French

Cratère

Cratering: translate from English into German

Krater

Cratering: translate from English into Hindi

खानपान

Cratering: translate from English into Italian

Craterizzazione

Cratering: translate from English into Korean

분화구

Cratering: translate from English into Russian

Образование кратеров, Образовывать кратер

Cratering: translate from English into Spanish

Formación de cráteres

Word origin

early 17th century (denoting the hollow forming the mouth of a volcano): via Latin from Greek kratēr ‘mixing-bowl’, from krasis ‘mixture’.

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Cratering – similar words

cratered

adjective
(of the ground or a planet) having large bowl-shaped cavities in the surface.
Usage examples:
The cratered surface of the moon shows it has a history of violent collisions with asteroids

verb
Form a crater in (the ground or a planet).
Usage examples:
Pilots returned to the airfields to crater the runways

adjective
Having one or more round holes in the surface
Usage examples:
A cratered surface, the road was cratered with potholes.

All meanings and translations of Cratered

crater

noun
A 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 park

verb
Form a crater in (the ground or a planet).
Usage examples:
Pilots returned to the airfields to crater the runways

proper noun
A small and faint southern constellation (the cup), between hydra and leo, said to represent the goblet of apollo.

All meanings and translations of Crater

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