crevice Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a long narrow depression in a surface
    chap; cranny; fissure; crack.
  2. noun a long narrow opening
    cleft; scissure; fissure; crack.

WordNet

Crev"ice noun
Etymology
OE. crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr. crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to crack,break. Cf. Craven, Crepitate, Crevasse.
Definitions
  1. A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.
    The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. Tennyson.
Crev"ice transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To crack; to flaw. R. Sir H. Wotton.

Webster 1913