Meaning
A crevice is a narrow crack or opening, especially in a rock, wall, or other hard surface. It is smaller than a fissure and often deep.
Grammar and Usage
- Part of speech: Noun
- Countable: Yes (plural: crevices)
- Used to describe small splits or cracks, particularly those formed naturally or through wear.
- Often used in geology, construction, and everyday speech.
Structure examples:
- a crevice in the wall
- deep crevices between the rocks
Common Phrases
- rock crevice – a narrow opening in rocks.
- ice crevice – a crack in a glacier or frozen surface.
- fill the crevice – to seal or cover a small opening.
- hidden in the crevice – something placed or concealed in a small crack.
Collocations
- deep crevice
- tiny crevice
- narrow crevice
- crevice in the ground
- dust/dirt in the crevice
Examples
- Water trickled down through the crevices in the rocks.
- The gecko hid in a small crevice between the stones.
- Years of weathering created deep crevices on the mountain face.
- He found a coin lodged in a crevice of the old wall.
- Ice had formed inside the crevices of the pavement.
- Plants can sometimes grow in the tiniest crevices of cliffs.
- The explorer carefully examined each crevice for fossils.
- Dust often collects in the crevices of wooden furniture.
Synonyms or Related
- crack
- split
- fissure
- gap
- rift
Antonym
- surface
- solid face
- smoothness