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# crater

noun (crater, craters)

«crater» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A crater is a large bowl-shaped hole in the ground made when something hits it, like a meteorite or a bomb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crater/#m1)
2. A crater is the hollow at the top of a volcano. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crater/#m2)
3. A crater can also be any small hollow or dip, like a dent in a soft surface. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crater/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, the Moon has many craters made by rocks from space; children model them by dropping marbles into flour. In geography, volcanoes have craters. In stories, a crater shows something huge crashed or exploded. Phrases: «impact crater», «volcanic crater», «craters on the Moon».

### Examples

- The Moon's surface is covered in craters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crater/#x1)
- We dropped stones into a tray of flour to make craters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crater/#x2)
- Smoke rose from the crater of the volcano. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crater/#x3)
- A meteorite made a huge crater in the desert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crater/#x4)
- Bigger stones made deeper craters in our experiment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crater/#x5)
- The bomb left a crater in the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crater/#x6)
- Some craters fill with water and become lakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crater/#x7)
- Does the crater of the volcano know that the glowing lava is pouring from it? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crater/#x8)

### Note

Countable: «a crater», «craters». In a science experiment, crater size can be measured (width, depth) and compared with the height or mass of the dropped object. Not to be confused with «creator» (someone who makes things).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «crater» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crater/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crater» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crater.html) on Mova free.