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# crevasse

noun (crevasse, crevasses)

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

## Everyday

A deep, narrow crack in thick ice, such as on a glacier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crevasse/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories of snow and mountains, a danger that a traveller can fall into

### Examples

- The climber nearly fell into a crevasse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crevasse/#x1)
- The ice was split by a deep crevasse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crevasse/#x2)
- Walk carefully near a crevasse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crevasse/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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