crater (n.)

  1. a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano

    [ Syn: volcanic crater ]

  2. a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus

    [ Syn: crater ]

  3. a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb

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