crevasse
noun/krəˈvæs/
/krəˈvæs/
- a deep opening, especially in ice, for example in a glacier
- The majority of crevasse deaths happen to those who travel across glaciers unroped.
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Old French crevace, from crever ‘to burst’, from Latin crepare ‘to rattle, crack’.Definitions on the go
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