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crater
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Crater
puhekieltä A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteor meteorite or other object.
puhekieltä 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.
puhekieltä The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
puhekieltä Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
krater Krater, an ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.
1941, Louis MacNeice, The March of the 10,000:
To form craters in a surface (of a planet or moon)
To collapse catastrophically; implode; hollow out; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
The economy is about to crater. -- Attributed by David Letterman to Sen. John McCain. http://laughlines.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/the-economy-is-exploding/ NYTimes blog
puhekieltä To crash or fall.
He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson.
puhekieltä A term of endearment, a dote, a wretched thing.
1843 - I then had the two best tarriers beneath the canopy; this poor crater is their daughter," and he patted the dog's head affectionately. William Hamilton Maxwell, Wild Sports of the West: With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches , Publisher R. Bentley, page 77,
1859 - She is a charming crater; I would venture to say that, if I was not her father. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies ...
1872 (w) "Under the Greenwood Tree"
"Then why not stop for fellow-craters -- going to thy own father's house too, as we be, and knowen us so well?"
A basin or bowl for water or for mixing.
The opening of a volcano.