crevice

Meaning

Noun

1. A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.
2. (slang) The vagina.

Verb

To crack; to flaw.

Synonyms

crack

fissure

cleft

rift

gap

slit

slot

opening

cranny

chink

hole

🕳️

split

fracture

chasm

cavity

rent

chap

crevasse

aperture

gorge

hollow

interstice

gully

valley

canyon

cave

Chink

cavern

rupture

break

ravine

flaw

scissure

breach

tiar

areola

blank

brook

chip

clack

fissuring

half

hiatus

hold

lacuna

lacunae

leak

loophole

mouth

niche

orifice

pit

placket

short

socket

space

spare time

splinter

stream

tear

vista

window

🪟

mountain stream

small opening

space character

be fractured

become fissured

part

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹɛvɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: crevice

In summary

From Middle English crevice, from Old French crevace, from crever (“to break, burst”), from Latin crepare (“to break, burst, crack”). Doublet of crevasse.