What is the meaning of Crater?

  • (n.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine.
  • (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.
  • (n.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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MLAWebster's. "crater" 27 May 2011. Web. 24 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/crater/definitions/1992714>
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