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crater - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'crater' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Crater [ n.]
- 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.
- The pit left by the explosion of a mine.
- A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.