crater
crater
kraatteri
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Liittyvät sanat: impact crater
Synonyymisanakirja
crater
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crater rimmaa näiden kanssa:
tonic water...
Englannin sanakirja
crater (englanti > suomi)
crater englanniksi
puhekieltä A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteor meteorite or other object.
puhekieltä The basin-like 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.
puhekieltä Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
krater Krater, an ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.
1941, Louis MacNeice, The March of the 10,000:
To form craters in a surface (of a planet or moon)
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. http://laughlines.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/the-economy-is-exploding/ NYTimes blog
He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson.
puhekieltä A term of endearment, a dote, a wretched thing.
1843 - I then had the two best tarriers beneath the canopy; this poor crater is their daughter," and he patted the dog's head affectionately.
William Hamilton Maxwell, Wild Sports of the West: With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches , Publisher R. Bentley, page 77,1859 - She is a charming crater; I would venture to say that, if I was not her father.
The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies ...1872 (w) "Under the Greenwood Tree"
"Then why not stop for fellow-craters -- going to thy own father's house too, as we be, and knowen us so well?"