crevasse

Oznaczający (Angielski)

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.

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/kɹəˈvæs/

Etymologia (Angielski)

From French crevasse. Doublet of crevice.

Zdania

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