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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crevasse \Cre`vasse"\ (kr?`v?s"), n. [F. See {Crevice}.] 1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided. 2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi. [U.S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crevasse n : a deep fissure
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