The climber slipped on a rock and fell into a crevasse.
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Crevasse
//kɹəˈvæs//
Synonyms for "crevasse" (93 found)
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Translations
19 translations across 14 languages.
Aragonese
2 entries- crebaza noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
- crepaza noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
Esperanto
1 entries- glaĉerfendo noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
Finnish
2 entries- halkeama noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
- railo noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
French
1 entries- crevasse noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
German
1 entries- Gletscherspalte noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
Indonesian
2 entries- jurang es noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
- krevas noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
Italian
1 entries- crepaccio noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
Macedonian
1 entries- кланец noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
Māori
1 entries- pokorua noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
Norwegian
2 entries- bre noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
- isbre noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
Portuguese
1 entries- crevasse noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
Romanian
2 entries- crevasă noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
- crăpătură noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
Russian
1 entries- тре́щина noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
Swedish
1 entries- isspricka noun (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The climbers perished after falling into a crevasse.
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The rope snapped and Tom fell down the crevasse.
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I moved my left hand to the small of her back, just above her belt-line and stroked the peach fuzz in her crevasse with my fingers.
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