craternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkreɪ.tər/us/ˈkreɪ.t̬ɚ/the round hole at the top of a volcano, or a hole in the ground similar to this:
the huge crater of Vesuvius
a bomb crater
With a good telescope, you can see craters on the moon.
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Geology: earthquakes & volcanic eruptions
- active
- aftershock
- dormant
- earthquake
- epicentre
- extinct
- fault line
- geyser
- lahar
- lava
- magma
- quake
- seismograph
- seismology
- subduction
- the Richter scale
- tremor
- volcano
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Geography: caves, cracks & crevices
cratered
adjective uk/ˈkreɪ.təd/us/ˈkreɪ.t̬ɚd/
a cratered surface