Definizione monolingua

crater

crater (third-person singular simple present craters, present participle cratering, simple past and past participle cratered)

1. To collapse catastrophically; implode; hollow out; to become devastated or completely destroyed.

   The economy is about to crater. -- Attributed by David Letterman to Sen. John McCain. NYTimes blog

2. (snowboarding) To crash or fall.

   He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson.

crater (plural craters)

1. (astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
2. (geology) The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
3. (informal) The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
4. (informal) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.

Definizione dizionario crater

	cratere
	astronomy: hemispherical pit
	geology: opening of a volcano
	pit left by an explosion
	A hole or depression. Most are roughly circular or oval in outline.

cratère

Altri significati:

(informal) The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.

(informal) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.

(geology) The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.

(snowboarding) To crash or fall.

To collapse catastrophically; implode; hollow out; to become devastated or completely destroyed.

(Irish, informal) A term of endearment, a dote, a wretched thing.

(astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.