Need another word that means the same as “crevice”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “crevice” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Crevice” are: cleft, crack, fissure, scissure, chap, cranny, chink, interstice, nook, vent, slot, slit, split, rift, gash, rent, fracture, rupture, breach, perforation
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crevice” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| breach | A gap in a wall, barrier, or defence, especially one made by an attacking army. A breach in the mountain wall. |
| chap | A crack in a lip caused usually by cold. That chap is your host. |
| cleft | A long narrow opening. |
| cranny | A long narrow depression in a surface. Bugs and spiders conceal themselves in crannies of the bark. |
| fissure | A long narrow depression in a surface. The bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor. |
| fracture | A diphthong substituted by fracture. It was a nasty fracture. |
| interstice | An intervening space, especially a very small one. The interstices of a network. |
| nook | An interior angle formed by two meeting walls. The fish should be able to find nooks and crannies in which they will be safe. |
| perforation | A line of small holes for tearing at a particular place. A perforation of the eardrum. |
| rent | A payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service. The rise in council house rents. |
| rift | A major fault separating blocks of the earth s surface a rift valley. The wind had torn open a rift in the clouds. |
| rupture | The act of making a sudden noisy break. The rupture with his father would never be healed. |
| scissure | Division into two parts; cleavage. |
| slit | A long, narrow cut or opening. Arrow slits. |
| slot | A slot machine that is used for gambling. Landing slots at Heathrow airport. |
| split | A single thickness of split hide. Splits appeared in the decaying planks. |
| vent | An opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space. Children give vent to their anger in various ways. |
| aperture | An man-made opening; usually small. The genital aperture of an insect. |
| avulsion | The action of pulling or tearing away. |
| break | The occurrence of breaking. The council says it will prosecute traders who break the law. |
| cleavage | (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum. She wore a dress that exposed an inch or two of cleavage. |
| cleft | Split or divided. A cleft stick. |
| collapse | Collapse due to fatigue an illness or a sudden attack. The talks collapsed last week over territorial issues. |
| deformity | An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed. Respiratory problems caused by spinal deformity. |
| diverge | Move or draw apart. The two paths diverge here. |
| divergent | Diverging from another or from a standard. A divergent opinion. |
| epiglottis | A flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing. |
| faulty | Having a defect. A faulty brake. |
| fissure | Break into fissures or fine cracks. The dry years had cracked and fissured the cliffs. |
| fracture | Become fractured. He fractured his skull when he was a kid. |
| gap | Make an opening or gap in. The explosion made a gap in the wall. |
| hack | An act of computer hacking. Lots of people leave because they can t hack it. |
| hole | Make a hole or holes in. A fox s hole. |
| incised | Sharply and deeply indented. An incised design. |
| interstice | An intervening space, especially a very small one. The interstices of a network. |
| lip | (of water) lap against. Downsizing is on everyone s lips at the moment. |
| palate | A person’s ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavours. A fine range of drink for sophisticated palates. |
| partible | (of e.g. property) capable of being parted or divided. A partible estate. |
| partition | The act of dividing or partitioning separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart. Partition off part of a large bedroom to create a small bathroom. |
| rupture | Breach or disturb (a harmonious feeling or situation. The rupture with his father would never be healed. |
| segmentation | The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart. The segmentation of society means that often we don t have arguments across the political divide. |
| separated | Separated at the joint. His parents are separated. |
| slot | Place an object into a slot typically one specifically designed to receive it. He slotted in the opening goal. |
| snap | Tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections. The quarterback fumbled the snap. |
| split | A split osier used in basketwork. They met up and split the booty. |
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