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| 1. | | arkikielessä |
| 2. | | astronomia, geologia, arkikielessä |
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Substantiivit
- (astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
- (Ireland, informal, UK, dialect) A term of endearment, a dote, a wretched thing.
- (geology) The basin-like 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.
- (informal) The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
- (informal) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
Verbit
- To collapse catastrophically; implode; hollow out; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
- (snowboarding) To crash or fall.
Esimerkit
- The economy is about to crater. -- Attributed by David Letterman to Sen. John McCain. NYTimes blog
- He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson.
- 1843 - I then had the two best tarriers beneath the canopy; this poor crater is their daughter," and he patted the dog's head affectionately. <BR> William Hamilton Maxwell, Wild Sports of the West: With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches , Publisher R. Bentley, page 77,
- 1859 - She is a charming crater; I would venture to say that, if I was not her father.<BR> The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies ...
- 1872 Thomas Hardy "Under the Greenwood Tree"
- "Then why not stop for fellow-craters -- going to thy own father's house too, as we be, and knowen us so well?"
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