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Word: Crater
Speech Type: Noun
early 17th century (denoting the hollow forming the mouth of a volcano): via Latin from Greek kratēr ‘mixing-bowl’, from krasis ‘mixture’
ˈkreɪtə
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
Short Definition:large bowl-shaped cavity in ground
Examples:- the blast left a crater in the car park
- Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, has relatively few impact craters
a large bowl used in ancient Greece for mixing wine.
Short Definition:ancient Greek bowl
Word: Crater
Speech Type: Verb
ˈkreɪtə
form a crater in (the ground or a planet)
Short Definition:form crater in
Examples:- pilots returned to the airfields to crater the runways
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