crater-cratere: meaning, definitions and translations
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What is crater?crater is cratere
What is cratere?
A bowl-shaped depression at the mouth of a volcano or geyser.
Una depressione a forma di ciotola alla bocca di un vulcano o geyser.
A bowl-shaped depression in a surface made by an explosion or the impact of a body, such as a meteoroid.
Una depressione a forma di ciotola in una superficie resa da un'esplosione o l'impatto di un corpo, come un meteorite.
A pit; a hollow.
Una fossa; una cavità.
Variant of krater.
Variante di krater.
To make craters in: "The missiles did not . . . crater the airfield” ( Tom Clancy).
Per creare crateri in:
To form a crater or craters.
Per formare un cratere o crateri.
Slang To fall and crash violently from a great height.
Slang Per cadere e schiantarsi violentemente da una grande altezza.
Slang To fail utterly: "talked about how tough times were in Texas since the oil business cratered” ( Stephen Coonts).
Slang Per fallire completamente: