fissure
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(verb) break into fissures or fine cracks |
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Related Words: crack |
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| 2. |
(noun) (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes |
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Related Words: groove, hilum, hilus, sulcus |
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(noun) a long narrow opening |
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Synonyms: cleft, crack, crevice, scissure |
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Related Words: break, chap, chink, crater, crevasse, fatigue crack, fault, fault line, fracture, gap, geological fault, opening, rift, slit, split, vent, volcano |
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(noun) a long narrow depression in a surface |
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Synonyms: chap, crack, cranny, crevice |
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Related Words: depression, impression, imprint |
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