crater

IPA: krˈeɪtɝ

(astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
(geology) 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.
The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
(informal, by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
(astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.
(historical) Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”) [(historical) An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.]
(Scotland, Ireland) Alternative form of creature. [A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.]

To form craters in a surface.
(figurative) To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
(snowboarding) To crash or fall.
(video games) To die from fall damage.

Examples of "crater" in Sentences

The crater is the main attraction.
The crater is exposed to the surface.
The crater is otherwise undistinguished.
Proctor Crater is in the center of the map.
The interior of the crater is level and featureless.
Fittingly, the crater lies in the antarctic of Mars.
To the northeast is the remnant of the crater Birmingham.
Lade is the remains of a lunar crater that has been flooded by lava.
The crater is intruding into the northern edge of the lava flooded crater Lick.
To the north the crater designated Lade Bravo has been completely filled with lava.