crater

[US]/ˈkreɪtə(r)/
[UK]/ˈkreɪtər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. pit caused by an explosion or a volcano
vt. to form a pit in; to cancel
vi. to form a pit; to disappear.

Phrases & Collocations

lunar crater

impact crater

volcanic crater

crater lake

meteorite crater

explosion crater

Example Sentences

Artillery cratered the roads.

a trail that parallels the crater rim.

Lunar craters can be plainly seen with the aid of a small telescope.

The battlefield was full of craters made by exploding shells.

The surface cratered with the constant dropping of water.

Lava boiled up from the crater of the volcano.

With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve -suvius.

The blast blew a gaping crater in the road.

pilots returned to the airfields to crater the runways.

the town is nested inside a large crater on the flanks of a volcano.

That impact crater should give you defilade from the machine gun position.

Small meteorites have left impact craters all over the planet’s surface.

The crater was two miles across and roughly circular.

A series of collapse craters, or calderas, lie at its summit.

The eruptions were associated with the development of a number of giant craters (calderas).

A young silverback mountain gorilla poses on the rim of a volcanic crater with a lake below in the background.

climbed a hill for a scenic panorama of the valley; a scenic drive along the crater rim.

In March 2007 a mud flow, or "lahar" flowed down the side of the mountain after the crater lake overflowed, and large eruptions in 1995 and 1996 blanketed the surrounding area in ash.

Real-world Examples

Fill some crater in your soul?

Source: Kung Fu Panda 2

This formed a limestone crater on the surface.

Source: Travel around the world

Those are some more craters over there.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

It blasted out a crater almost 600 feet deep.

Source: Blue Planet

Some of the fissures are miles away from Kilauea's crater itself.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May/June 2018 Compilation

What was missing from the story, though, was a suitable crater.

Source: The Economist - Technology

This is Ijen crater, one of the most poisonous places on Earth.

Source: Human Planet

That's when two new vents opened on the volcano's crater.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation September 2021

They show a huge crater, and not much of the plane is left.

Source: NPR News March 2019 Compilation

It turns out in my lifetime people found this crater, off Chicxulub, Mexico.

Source: Asap SCIENCE Selection

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