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crevasse

The correct spelling is crevasse.

How to pronounce crevasse

noun

IPA: /kɹəˈvæs/

Say it like: Cre-vas-se

The correct spelling is crevasse. A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm.

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Meanings

noun

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

verb

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

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