2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crater \Cra"ter\ (kr?t?r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing
vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr krath`r, fr keranny`nai
to mix; cf Skr. [,c]r[imac] to mix, [,c]ir to cook,
[,c]r[=a] to cook. Cf {Grail}, in Holy Grail.]
1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which
the chief eruption comes similarly, the mouth of a
geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up
2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine.
3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; --
called also the {Cup}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Crater
n 1: a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo
[syn: {Crater}]
2: a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some
other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
[syn: {vent}, {volcano}]
3: a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite
or bomb
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