crater

  1. Proper noun.  (constellation) : A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.
  2. Noun.  (astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
  3. Noun.  (geology) The basinlike 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.
  4. Noun.  (informal) The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
  5. Noun.  (informal) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
  6. Verb.  To collapse catastrophically; implode; hollow out; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
  7. Verb.  (snowboarding) To crash or fall.
  8. Noun.  (Ireland, informal) A term of endearment, a dote, a wretched thing.

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