crevice

crevice
    n 1: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: {crevice},
         {cranny}, {crack}, {fissure}, {chap}]
    2: a long narrow opening [syn: {crack}, {cleft}, {crevice},
       {fissure}, {scissure}]
    

Crevice \Crev"ice\ (kr?v"?s), n. [OE. crevace, crevice. F.
   crevasse, fr. crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to
   crack,break. Cf. {Craven}, {Crepitate}, {Crevasse}.]
   A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the
   separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.
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         The mouse,
         Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked,
         Or from the crevice peered about.        --Tennyson.
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Crevice \Crev"ice\, v. t.
   To crack; to flaw. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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70 Moby Thesaurus words for "crevice":
      abysm, abyss, arroyo, box canyon, breach, break, canyon, cavity,
      chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, col,
      coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crevasse, cut, cwm, defile, dell,
      dike, ditch, donga, draw, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume,
      fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf,
      gully, hole, incision, joint, kloof, leak, moat, notch, nullah,
      opening, pass, passage, ravine, rent, rift, rime, rupture,
      scissure, seam, slit, slot, split, trench, valley, void, wadi