crater

  1. (declension-3) A basin or bowl for water or for mixing.
  2. (declension-3) The opening of a volcano.

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈkraː.teːr]
Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr, “mixingbowl, wassail-bowl”), from κεράννυμι (keránnumi, “to mix, to mingle, to blend”).

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