crevasse

Meaning

Noun

1. A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm.
2. A breach in a canal or river bank.
3. Any cleft or fissure.
4. A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome.

Verb

1. To form crevasses.
2. To fissure with crevasses.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹəˈvæs/

Etymology

From French crevasse. Doublet of crevice.

Sentences

Anyone planning to travel on a glacier should be trained in crevasse rescue .