Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - crater
Crater
crater
n. & v. --n. 1 the mouth of a volcano. 2 a bowl-shaped cavity, esp. that made by the explosion of a shell or bomb. 3 Astron. a hollow with a raised rim on the surface of a planet or moon, caused by the impact of a meteorite. 4 Antiq. a large ancient Greek bowl, used for mixing wine. --v.tr. form a crater in. Derivatives craterous adj. Etymology: L f. Gk krater mixing-bowl: see CRASIS
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I. noun Etymology: Latin, mixing bowl, ~, from Greek kratēr, from kerannynai to mix; akin to Sanskrit śrīṇāti he mixes Date: 1613 1. the bowl-shaped depression around the orifice of a volcano, a depression formed by an impact (as of a meteorite), a hole in the ground made by the explosion of a bomb or shell, an eroded lesion, a dimple in a painted surface, ~like adjective II. verb Date: 1884 intransitive verb to exhibit or form ~s, to fail or fall suddenly and dramatically ; collapse, crash , transitive verb to form ~s in, see: krater ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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