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расще́лина — meaning in English

rasshchelina

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English meaning

  • chasm noun A deep, steep-sided crack or gap in the earth.
  • chimney noun A vertical structure that carries smoke and fumes up and out of a building.
  • cleft noun A narrow opening, crack, or V-shaped gap, especially in rock or in part of the body.
  • crack verb To break, split, or form a line of damage without falling completely apart.
  • crevice noun A narrow crack or opening, especially in rock or a wall.
  • fissure noun A long, narrow crack or split, especially in rock, ground, or body tissue.
  • split verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.

Senses

расще́лина is used for these senses in English:

  • chasm (geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
  • chimney A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
  • cleft An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
  • crack A narrow opening.
  • crevice A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.
  • fissure A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
  • interstice A small opening or space between objects, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, such as between cords in a rope, components of a multiconductor electrical cable or atoms in a crystal.
  • split A crack or longitudinal fissure.

chasm — full definition

  1. noun A deep, steep-sided crack or gap in the earth.
  2. noun A very large difference between two people, ideas, or groups.

chimney — full definition

  1. noun A vertical structure that carries smoke and fumes up and out of a building.
  2. noun A narrow vertical crack in a rock face that climbers can wedge themselves into.

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