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   crater

   /ˈkreɪtə/

   noun

   • 1. a large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on a celestial object, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite: "the blast left a crater in the car park"
   • ▪ a large hollow forming the mouth of a volcano: "a great plume of gas and ash rises above the crater"
   • ▪ a cavity or hole in a surface: "using the rounded end of a rolling pin, make craters over the surface of the cake"
   • 2. a large bowl used in ancient Greece for mixing wine.

   verb

   • 1. form a crater in (the ground or a planet): "pilots returned to the airfields to crater the runways"
   • ▪ drop or fall suddenly and disastrously; collapse: "oil prices have cratered by more than 50 per cent"

   Word Origin early 17th century (denoting the hollow forming the mouth of a volcano): via Latin from Greek kratēr ‘mixing-bowl’, from krasis ‘mixture’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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