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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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