crater
[ krey-ter ]
/ ˈkreɪ tər /
noun
verb (used with object)
to make craters in: Bombs had cratered the landscape.
Slang.
- to cancel, abandon, or cast aside: to crater the new project.
- to destroy or ruin: One more disappointment won't crater me.
verb (used without object)
to form a crater or craters: The surface of the concrete cratered and cracked under the repeated impacts.
Origin of crater
1605–15; < Latin < Greek
krātḗr mixing bowl, literally, mixer, equivalent to
krā- (base of
kerannýnai to mix) +
-tēr agentive suffix; cf.
crasis
OTHER WORDS FROM crater
cra·ter·al, cra·ter·ous, adjective cra·ter·like, adjective in·ter·cra·ter, adjectiveWords nearby crater
Definition for crater (2 of 3)
Crater
[ krey-ter ]
/ ˈkreɪ tər /
noun
Joseph Force
[fawrs, fohrs] /fɔrs, foʊrs/,1889–?,
a judge of the New York State Supreme Court: his mysterious disappearance on August 6, 1930, has never been solved.
Definition for crater (3 of 3)
krater
or cra·ter
[ krey-ter ]
/ ˈkreɪ tər /
noun Greek and Roman Antiquity.
a mixing bowl characterized by a wide mouth and body with two handles projecting vertically from the juncture of the neck and body, used to mix wine and water.
Compare
kelebe.
Origin of krater
1855–60; < Greek
krātḗr; see
crater
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British Dictionary definitions for crater (1 of 2)
crater
/ (ˈkreɪtə) /
noun
verb
to make or form craters in (a surface, such as the ground)
slang
to fail; collapse; crash
Derived forms of crater
cratered, adjective craterless, adjective crater-like, adjectiveWord Origin for crater
C17: from Latin: mixing bowl, crater, from Greek
kratēr, from
kerannunai to mix
British Dictionary definitions for crater (2 of 2)
Crater
/ (ˈkreɪtə) /
noun Latin genitive Crateris (ˈkreɪtərɪs)
a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Virgo and Hydra
Medical definitions for crater
crater
[ krā′tər ]
n.
A circular depression or pit in the surface of a tissue or body part.
Scientific definitions for crater
crater
[ krā′tər ]
A bowl-shaped depression at the top of a volcano or at the mouth of a geyser. Volcanic craters can form because of magma explosions in which a large amount of lava is thrown out from a volcano, leaving a hole, or because the roof of rock over an underground magma pool collapses after the magma has flowed away.
A shallow, bowl-shaped depression in a surface, formed by an explosion or by the impact of a body, such as a meteorite.