- bowl crater
- bowl cra.ter[b'oul kreitə] n Astr cratera lunar em forma de concha.
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crater — I. noun Etymology: Latin, mixing bowl, crater, from Greek kratēr, from kerannynai to mix; akin to Sanskrit śrīṇāti he mixes Date: 1613 1. a. the bowl shaped depression around the orifice of a volcano b. a depression formed by an impact (as of a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Crater Lake National Park — IUCN Category II (National Park) … Wikipedia
crater — 1610s, from L. crater, from Gk. krater bowl for mixing wine with water, from kera to mix, from PIE root *kere . Used in Latin for bowl shaped mouth of a volcano. Applied to features of the Moon since 1860. As a verb, from 1884 … Etymology dictionary
crater — ► NOUN ▪ a large bowl shaped cavity, especially one caused by an explosion or impact or forming the mouth of a volcano. ► VERB ▪ form a crater or craters in. ORIGIN Greek krat r mixing bowl … English terms dictionary
crater — [krāt′ər] n. [L, mixing bowl, mouth of a volcano < Gr kratēr < kerannynai, to mix: see IDIOSYNCRASY] 1. in ancient Greece or Rome, a kind of large bowl or jar shaped like an amphora 2. a bowl shaped cavity, as at the mouth of a volcano or… … English World dictionary
crater — crateral, craterous, adj. craterlike, adj. /kray teuhr/, n., gen. Crateris /kray tear is/ for 9, v. n. 1. the cup shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano. 2. Also called… … Universalium
crater — [17] Greek kratér meant ‘bowl’, or more specifically ‘mixing bowl’: it was a derivative of the base *kerā, which also produced the verb kerannúnai ‘mix’. (Crater or krater is still used in English as a technical term for the bowl or jar used by… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
crater — [17] Greek kratér meant ‘bowl’, or more specifically ‘mixing bowl’: it was a derivative of the base *kerā, which also produced the verb kerannúnai ‘mix’. (Crater or krater is still used in English as a technical term for the bowl or jar used by… … Word origins
crater — cra•ter [[t]ˈkreɪ tər[/t]] n. v. tered, ter•ing 1) gel the cup shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano 2) gel astron. (on the surface of the earth, moon, etc.) a bowl shaped… … From formal English to slang
crater — /ˈkreɪtə / (say kraytuh) noun 1. the cup shaped depression or cavity marking the orifice of a volcano. 2. (in the surface of the earth, moon, etc.) a rounded hollow formed by the impact of a meteorite. 3. (on the surface of the moon) a roughly… …
crater — noun 1》 a large bowl shaped cavity, especially one caused by an explosion or impact or forming the mouth of a volcano. 2》 a large bowl used in ancient Greece for mixing wine. verb form a crater or craters in. Origin C17: via L. from Gk kratēr… … English new terms dictionary
