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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cra•ter /ˈkreɪtɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Geology, Astronomya bowl-shaped hole in the ground formed by volcanic action, a meteoroid, or the like:the craters of the moon.
- the hole in the ground where a bomb or shell has exploded.
v. [~ + object] - to make a crater or craters in:The runway had been cratered by bombs.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cra•ter (krā′tər),USA pronunciation n., [gen.] Cra•te•ris (krā tēr′is)USA pronunciation for 9, v. n. - Geologythe cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- Geology, AstronomyAlso called impact crater, meteorite crater. (on the surface of the earth, moon, etc.) a bowl-shaped depression with a raised rim, formed by the impact of a meteoroid. Cf. astrobleme.
- Astronomy(on the surface of the moon) a circular or almost circular area having a depressed floor, almost always containing a central mountain and usually completely enclosed by walls that are often higher than those of a walled plain;
ring formation;
ring. Cf. walled plain. - Geologythe bowllike orifice of a geyser.
- the hole or pit in the ground where a bomb, shell, or military mine has exploded.
- Electricitythe cavity formed in a positive carbon electrode by an electric arc.
- Antiquity[Gk. and Rom. Antiq.]krater.
- Metallurgya depression at the end of a bead produced by welding.
- Astronomy(cap.) the Cup, a small southern constellation west of Corvus and north of Hydra.
v.t. - to make craters in:Bombs had cratered the landscape.
- Slang Terms
- to cancel, abandon, or cast aside:to crater the new project.
- to destroy or ruin:One more disappointment won't crater me.
v.i. - to form a crater or craters:The surface of the concrete cratered and cracked under the repeated impacts.
- Greek krāté̄r mixing bowl, literally, mixer, equivalent. to krā- (base of kerannýnai to mix) + -tēr agentive suffix; compare crasis
- Latin
- 1605–15
cra′ter•like′, adj.
Cra•ter (krā′tər),USA pronunciation n. Joseph Force (fôrs, fōrs),USA pronunciation 1889–?, a judge of the New York State Supreme Court: his mysterious disappearance on August 6, 1930, has never been solved.
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