crevice

as in fissure
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure steam escaped from a long crevice in the volcano

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Recent Examples of crevice Tonsil stones form when debris, such as food particles, saliva, dead cells, and bacteria, get trapped in the small crevices (called crypts) of your tonsils. Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024 Just reading about being upside down and immobile in the rock crevice makes my heart-rate skyrocket. Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 Oct. 2024 The vacuum also comes with two attachments, including a crevice tool for all the nooks and crannies. Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024 Those trunks followed Judd from Phoenix to Los Angeles with blood oozing out of the crevices. Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crevice 

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“Crevice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crevice. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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