The meaning of Craters

Craters – definition

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
Synonims:
Hollow Bowl Basin Pan Hole Cavity Pocket Shell hole Caldera Maar Solfatara
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

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

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

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

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
A large hole in the top of a volcano (= mountain made from liquid rock)
Usage examples:
The meteorite left a crater six feet deep.

Craters translation into English

Craters: translate from English into Chinese

陨石坑

Craters: translate from English into Dutch

Kraters

Craters: translate from English into French

Cratères

Craters: translate from English into German

Krater

Craters: translate from English into Hindi

खड्ड

Craters: translate from English into Italian

Crateri

Craters: translate from English into Korean

분화구

Craters: translate from English into Russian

Кратеры

Craters: translate from English into Spanish

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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Craters – 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

Craters synonims

basin

noun
A bowl for washing, typically attached to a wall and having taps connected to a water supply; a washbasin.
Usage examples:
‘i liked the traditional idea of washing with a basin and ewer,’ he reflects.

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bowl

noun
A round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid.
Usage examples:
A mixing bowl

verb
Roll (a ball or other round object) along the ground.
Usage examples:
She snatched her hat off and bowled it ahead of her

noun
A round vessel that is open at the top

All meanings and translations of Bowl

caldera

noun
A large volcanic crater, especially one formed by a major eruption leading to the collapse of the mouth of the volcano.
Usage examples:
Instead, io's surface is dominated by volcanic features, notably gentle shield volcanoes with summi…

noun
A very large, circular hollow that remains when the central part of a volcano falls in after an eruption

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cavity

noun
An empty space within a solid object.
Usage examples:
The abdominal cavity

noun
A hole in a surface or a hollow inside something
Usage examples:
The abdominal/chest cavity

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hole

noun
A hollow place in a solid body or surface.
Usage examples:
The dog had dug a hole in the ground

verb
Make a hole or holes in.
Usage examples:
A fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started

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hollow

adjective
Having a hole or empty space inside.
Usage examples:
A hollow metal tube

noun
A hole or depression in something.
Usage examples:
A hollow at the base of a large tree

verb
Form by making a hole.
Usage examples:
A tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range

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maar

noun
A broad, shallow crater, typically filled by a lake, formed by a volcanic eruption with little lava.
Usage examples:
Monogenetic volcanoes are small and occur as scoria cones, tuff cones and rings, and maars; they fo…

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pan

noun
A metal container used for cooking food in.
Usage examples:
Heat the olive oil in a heavy pan

verb
Criticize severely.
Usage examples:
The movie was panned by the critics

noun
A panning movement.
Usage examples:
That slow pan over london

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pocket

noun
A small bag sewn into or on clothing so as to form part of it, used for carrying small articles.
Usage examples:
She fished for her door key in her coat pocket

adjective
Of a suitable size for carrying in a pocket.
Usage examples:
A pocket german dictionary

verb
Put into one's pocket.
Usage examples:
She watched him lock up and pocket the key

All meanings and translations of Pocket

solfatara

noun
A volcanic crater emitting sulphurous and other gases.
Usage examples:
Most of the mountains are clastic stratovolcanic sediments (ashes and tuff), and the abundant solfa…

All meanings and translations of Solfatara

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