The meaning of Crateris

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 …

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.

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation crater.

Usage examples:

The star delta crateris