Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crater"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crater \Cra"ter\ (kr?t?r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing
vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai
to mix; cf. Skr. [,c]r[imac] to mix, [,c]ir to cook,
[,c]r[=a] to cook. Cf. {Grail}, in Holy Grail.]
1. 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.
2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine.
3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; --
called also the {Cup}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crater
n 1: a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano [syn: {volcanic
crater}]
2: a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra
and Corvus [syn: {Crater}]
3: a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite
or bomb
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