crater en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɹeɪ.tɚ/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɹeɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (UK)
Etymology
First coined 1613, from Latin crātēr (“basin”), from Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr, “mixing-bowl, wassail-bowl”).
Meanings
- A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
- The basin-like 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.
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The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simultaneous hits from the aircraft they should have been dropped from. The station was instantly reduced to bits of debris, and the line to a huge crater.
2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
- (broadly, informal) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
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(alt-of, alternative, historical) Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”).
alt of krater
The people of those parts lived in underground houses - more of dug-outs - along with their goats and sheep and they had great craters full of wine, barley-wine, that they drank through reeds.
1941, Louis MacNeice, The March of the 10,000:In it large craters lie, And two-eared pitchers, all of stone, and there Bees build their combs.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 226:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| craters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Gale Crater · Nemo Crater · crater lake · microcrater · intracrater · intercrater · cratery · craterkin · craterless · Pirx Crater · crater of eternal darkness · Endeavour Crater · impact crater · crateriform · craterform · bomb crater · crateral · retarc · craterlet · Sunset Crater · subsidence crater · craterlike · Revati Crater · pseudocrater · parking crater · craterization · crater face · craterous · Sadko Crater
Hyponyms
caldera · maar crater · subsidence crater · explosion crater · pit crater · impact crater · volcanic crater · Barringer Crater · bomb crater
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (166)
da krater (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · uz krater (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · tg даҳана (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · fi kraatteri (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · es cráter (geology: opening of a volcano) · ar فَوَّهَةُ الْبُرْكَان (pit left by an explosion) · fi pommikuoppa (pit left by an explosion) · bg я́ма (pit left by an explosion) · ca cràter (geology: opening of a volcano) · fr cratère (pit left by an explosion) · ga cráitéar bolcáin (geology: opening of a volcano) · uk кра́тер (geology: opening of a volcano) · ro crater (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · lv krāteris (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · ru кра́тер (geology: opening of a volcano) · fi kraatteri (pit left by an explosion) · sh кра́тер (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · ko 화구 (geology: opening of a volcano) · nl krater (geology: opening of a volcano) · ms kawah (geology: opening of a volcano) · sv krater (geology: opening of a volcano) · de Krater (geology: opening of a volcano) · hy խառնարան (geology: opening of a volcano) · ca cràter (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · uk кра́тер (pit left by an explosion) · sl krater (geology: opening of a volcano) · ga cráitéar (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · nl krater (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · sl krater (pit left by an explosion) · ka კრატერი (geology: opening of a volcano) · ru воро́нка (pit left by an explosion) · hu kráter (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · de Krater (pit left by an explosion) · ky кратер (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · tg танӯра (geology: opening of a volcano) · fi räjäytyskuoppa (pit left by an explosion) · lt krateris (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · pt cratera (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · sv nedslagskrater (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · km មាត់ភ្នំភ្លើង (geology: opening of a volcano) · ja クレーター (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · cmn 噴火口 /喷火口 (geology: opening of a volcano) · cmn 撞擊坑 /撞击坑 (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · lo ປາກປ່ອງ (geology: opening of a volcano) · fa-ira دَهانِه (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · be кра́тэр (geology: opening of a volcano) · el κρατήρας (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · nb krater (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · sq krater (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · haw lua (geology: opening of a volcano) · cmn 環形山 /环形山 (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · ru я́ма (pit left by an explosion) · fa-ira گُودال (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · cmn 彈坑 /弹坑 (pit left by an explosion) · sw kreta (geology: opening of a volcano) · ms kawah (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · cmn 火山口 (geology: opening of a volcano) · ko 크레이터 (geology: opening of a volcano) · ur دَہانَہ (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · bg кра́тер (geology: opening of a volcano) · ca cràter (pit left by an explosion) · ko 크레이터 (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · ko 충돌구 (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · ja 噴火口 (geology: opening of a volcano) · it cratere (geology: opening of a volcano) · sv krater (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · et kraater (geology: opening of a volcano) · la crātēr (geology: opening of a volcano) · bg кра́тер (pit left by an explosion) · grc κρατήρ (geology: opening of a volcano) · hi दहाना (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · ar فَوَّهَة (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · pl krater (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · fr cratère (geology: opening of a volcano) · ru кра́тер (pit left by an explosion) · hu kráter (geology: opening of a volcano) · tg кратер (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · sv vulkankrater (geology: opening of a volcano) · el κρατήρας (geology: opening of a volcano) · sv krater (pit left by an explosion) · is gígur (geology: opening of a volcano) · pt cratera (geology: opening of a volcano) · tg даҳона (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · fo gosop (geology: opening of a volcano) · id kawah (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · be жарло́ (geology: opening of a volcano) · lo ປ່ອງພູເຂົາໄຟ (geology: opening of a volcano) · cmn 火山口 (pit left by an explosion) · km រណ្តៅ (pit left by an explosion) · km រណ្តៅអាចម៍ (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · hu bombatölcsér (pit left by an explosion) · ga cráitéar (pit left by an explosion) · is gígur (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · hi गर्त (geology: opening of a volcano) · de Krater (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · th แอ่ง (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · it cratere (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · eo kratero (geology: opening of a volcano) · sl krater (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · tr krater (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · km រណ្ដៅ (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · cs kráter (geology: opening of a volcano) · be кра́тэр (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · hi गर्त (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · mi rua (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · vi miệng núi lửa (geology: opening of a volcano) · ja 隕石孔 (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · tl bunganga ng bulkan (geology: opening of a volcano) · ko 분화구 (geology: opening of a volcano) · ar فَوَّهَةُ الْبُرْكَان (geology: opening of a volcano) · fi kraatteri (geology: opening of a volcano) · pl krater (geology: opening of a volcano) · th ปล่องภูเขาไฟ (geology: opening of a volcano) · sh kráter (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · ru жерло́ (geology: opening of a volcano) · fr cratère (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · el κρατήρας (pit left by an explosion) · ka კრატერი (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · cs kráter (pit left by an explosion) · sm ano (geology: opening of a volcano) · hy խառնարան (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · be жарало́ (geology: opening of a volcano) · mk кратер (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · bn গর্ত (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · ru кра́тер (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · vi hố va chạm (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · cs kráter (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · ar فَوَّهَةُ الْبُرْكَان (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · gl cráter (geology: opening of a volcano) · mel kawah (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · gv towl (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · he מַכְתֵּשׁ (pit left by an explosion) · uk кра́тер (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · tl krater (geology: opening of a volcano) · gl cráter (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · sq krater (geology: opening of a volcano) · az krater (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · tr krater (geology: opening of a volcano) · tl bunganga (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · tl lungaw (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · mi rua (geology: opening of a volcano) · et kraater (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · nb krater (geology: opening of a volcano) · lo ປາກພູໄຟ (geology: opening of a volcano) · mel kawah (geology: opening of a volcano) · bg кра́тер (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · haw lua pele (geology: opening of a volcano) · ja クレーター (pit left by an explosion) · ja クレーター (geology: opening of a volcano) · eu krater (geology: opening of a volcano) · kk кратер (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · es cráter (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · pt cratera (pit left by an explosion) · hu kráter (pit left by an explosion) · hi गर्त (pit left by an explosion) · sw kasoko (geology: opening of a volcano) · ja お鉢 (geology: opening of a volcano) · ro crater (pit left by an explosion) · it cratere (pit left by an explosion) · mi rua (pit left by an explosion) · sk kráter (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · km ដង្ហើមភ្នំភ្លើង (geology: opening of a volcano) · nb krater (pit left by an explosion) · ro crater (geology: opening of a volcano) · he מַכְתֵּשׁ (astronomy: hemispherical pit) · ga cráitéar (geology: opening of a volcano)