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craters
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[ˈkreɪtə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on a celestial object, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite
(e.g: the blast left a crater in the car park)
- a large bowl used in ancient Greece for mixing wine
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early 17th century (denoting the hollow forming the mouth of a volcano): via Latin from Greek kratēr ‘mixing-bowl’, from krasis ‘mixture’
[ˈkreɪtə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- form a crater in (the ground or a planet)
(e.g: pilots returned to the airfields to crater the runways)
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early 17th century (denoting the hollow forming the mouth of a volcano): via Latin from Greek kratēr ‘mixing-bowl’, from krasis ‘mixture’
[ˈkreɪtə], (Noun)
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- a small and faint southern constellation (the Cup), between Hydra and Leo, said to represent the goblet of Apollo
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Latin, from Greek, ‘mixing bowl’. Crateris is the Latin genitive form of Crater
[ˈkreɪtə], (Adjective)
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- used with preceding Greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Crater
(e.g: the star Delta Crateris)
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Latin, from Greek, ‘mixing bowl’. Crateris is the Latin genitive form of Crater
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