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# fissure

noun (a fissure, fissures)

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

## Everyday

1. A fissure is a long, narrow crack, especially in rock or the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fissure/#m1)
2. In the body a fissure is a natural groove, such as a fold in the brain, or a small painful crack in the skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fissure/#m2)
3. A fissure can also mean a split or disagreement between people in a group. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fissure/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and science lessons it is a crack where lava comes out of a volcano (a fissure eruption) or where earthquakes split the ground. Phrases: «a fissure in the rock», «volcanic fissure», «fissure eruption».

### Examples

- Lava poured out of a long fissure in the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fissure/#x1)
- The climber put her hand into a fissure in the rock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fissure/#x2)
- After the earthquake a fissure opened across the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fissure/#x3)
- In Iceland some volcanoes erupt from fissures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fissure/#x4)
- Water seeped through the fissures in the cave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fissure/#x5)
- The brain has deep fissures and folds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fissure/#x6)
- A fissure grew between the two friends after the argument. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fissure/#x7)
- Never go near fissures on a volcano; hot gas can come out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fissure/#x8)
- He walked and walked, and came to a hill: in that hill was a fissure, and in the fissure stood a hut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fissure/#x9)

### Note

Countable. Say «FISH-er». A fissure is longer and deeper than a little crack. Not to be confused with «fission», the splitting of atoms.

## On Mova

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