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• cre|vasse — «kruh VAS», noun, verb, vassed, vass|ing. –n. 1. a deep crack or split in the ice of a glacier, or in the ground after an earthquake: »Glaciologists investigate crevasses near the junction between grounded ice and floating ice shelf (Science News …   Useful english dictionary

• vasse — cre·vasse; …   English syllables

• cre — cre·ance; cre·at; cre·at·ed·ness; cre·at·ic; cre·atine; cre·at·i·nine; cre·atin·uria; cre·ation; cre·ation·al; cre·ation·ary; cre·ation·ism; cre·ation·ist; cre·ative·ness; cre·ativ·i·ty; cre·ator; cre·atress; cre·atrix; cre·dence; cre·den·da;… …   English syllables

• Cré — Cré …   Wikipedia

• crevasse — cre·vasse …   English syllables

• crevasse — cre|vasse [krıˈvæs] n [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: Old French crevace; CREVICE] a deep open crack in the thick ice on a mountain …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• crevasse — cre|vasse [ krə væs ] noun count a very deep crack in rock or ice …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• crevasse — cre•vasse [[t]krəˈvæs[/t]] n. gel a fissure, or deep cleft, in glacial ice, the earth s surface, etc • Etymology: 1805–15, amer.; < F; see crevice …   From formal English to slang

• Crevasse — Cre vasse (kr? v?s ), n. [F. See {Crevice}.] 1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided. [1913 Webster] 2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Le Mans — For other uses, see Le Mans (disambiguation). Le Mans Palais of Comtes du Maine, birth place of Henry II of England …   Wikipedia