fissure

Meaning

Noun

1. A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
2. A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear between body parts or in the substance of an organ.
3. A break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane.
4. A state of incompatibility or disagreement.

Verb

To split, forming fissures.

Synonyms

crack

cleft

crevice

split

rift

chink

gap

fracture

hole

🕳️

slot

rent

slit

chap

cranny

chasm

flaw

crevasse

breach

aperture

cavity

joint

abyss

break

cleave

cracked

hollow

interstice

leak

opening

puncture

rip

scissure

tear

vacuity

fissura

space between rocks

scracth

be fractured

jaw

cracking

become fissured

hori zontal cleft

perforation

placket

precipice

cracked soil

clink

check

horizontal cleft

rupture

Translations

fissure

fessura

Riss

fente

crevasse

crepa

Spalte

Sprung

fissura

fisura

Kluft

fenda

fenditura

grieta

fissura

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɪʃ.ə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fissure

In summary

From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix).