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Crater : (noun)
1: a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano [syn: volcanic
crater]
2: a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra
and Corvus [syn: Crater]
3: a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite
or bomb
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Crater : \Cra"ter\ (kr?t?r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing
vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai
to mix; cf. Skr. [,c]r[imac] to mix, [,c]ir to cook,
[,c]r[=a] to cook. Cf. Grail, in Holy Grail.]
1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which
the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a
geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine.
3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; --
called also the Cup.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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