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crevasses

noun

plural of crevasse

as in crevices

a deep, narrow opening or crack in an area of thick ice or rock

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Recent Examples of crevasses Crags barely visible from the ground reared up above us, and deep crevasses fell away below. — Holden Frith, TheWeek, 4 Sep. 2026 The plumage, meanwhile, is formed by stresses in the ice which create deep crevasses, depicted as sharp green lines, in the surrounding landscape. — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 24 July 2026 What looks like a bird's tail is a stream of ice flowing northeast all the way out to the ocean, and what appear to be feathers splaying outward from the mountaintop are actually crevasses down the mountain. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 23 July 2026 Rescuers described that location, which lies at an elevation of 17,999 feet, as a treacherous glacier known for its towering ice blocks and deep crevasses. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 4 June 2026 Rangers used a helicopter long-line to pluck the surviving climber from roughly 17,200 feet on the West Buttress route, a popular but perilous path riven with crevasses and ice. — Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026 The garter snakes survive Manitoba's severe winters by hibernating in a network of limestone crevasses and caverns below the frost line. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026 Dents and crevasses pockmarked her teats. — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026 Baking Soda Baking soda is an effective, natural DIY method for killing small weeds between pavers, in sidewalk cracks, or in crevasses, says Ryan Walts of Lawn Squad. — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 21 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Focus on the undersides of the leaves since aphids often hide out in those crevices.

— Jane Kim, The Spruce, 26 Sep. 2026
Just like crevices in window frames, openings in door and window screens can invite a plethora of pests inside.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of crevices

Noun

Once moored, a boardwalk leads through old-growth forest to the fault itself, where ocean water is drawn in, heated up high and released through fissures in the rock.

— Adrienne Matei, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
Elsewhere, including in Veraguas province, large fissures ran along roadways.

— Aris Mariota, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of fissures

Noun

The idea was that interviewing the children would make the chasms between the classes evident.

— Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, Lee adopts a flustered countenance to fill in the chasms of characterization the script didn’t think through.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of chasms

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Jean-Pierre is an artifact of an age that looks recent on paper but feels prehistoric in practice—the age of pantsuits, the word ’empowerment,’ the musical Hamilton, the cheap therapeutic entreaties to ‘work on yourself’ and ‘lean in’ to various corporate abysses.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
On the other side of the country, Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, a longtime reader favorite, is a warm alternative to sterile airport abysses.

— Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2024

Definition of abysses

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This 150-acre Clayton County preserve sits near shopping centers and busy roads, but its trails wind through woodlands, ravines and ponds that feel worlds away from metro Atlanta.

— Nicole Bennett, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Many more were imperiled by muddy water racing through the narrow ravines, sparking frantic rescue missions for dozens.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of ravines

Noun

The last major blaze to sweep through the area was the 2018 Woolsey Fire, meaning brush in most of those canyons has not been cleared for about eight years.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
By morning, firefighting aircraft were back in the air dropping water on the Bryson fire in Malibu while the sound of generators purchased by outage-weary residents and business owners buzzed through the canyons.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of canyons

Noun

The Ivy League college where fraternities throw parties in towering mansions and students weave between deep gorges on their way to class is being rocked over the handling of rape allegations from 2024.

— Grey Battle, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
Cliffs teeter at 1,640 feet, before tumbling down in a flurry of vineyards and walking trails to the rushing rivers and gorges of Sil and Miño.

— Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of gorges

Noun

On Friday, temperatures in the valleys and along the coast will be in the upper 80s and 90s.

— Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
The most extreme conditions are expected in the Ventura and Los Angeles County valleys and mountains, particularly Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, and Simi Valley.

— Simmone Shah, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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