Noun:

ଫାଟ,

crevasses's Usage Examples:

A serac (from Swiss French sérac) is a block or column of glacial ice, often formed by intersecting crevasses on a glacier.

The normal ascent route is a fairly straightforward glacier climb, with some crevasses and a steep climb to the summit.

When sprayed around windows, lights, doors, baseboards and crevasses it will kill many beetles.

Hidden crevasses have led to the deaths of unprepared tourists.

cause for headwall steepening and extension headward is the crevasses known as bergschrund that occur between the moving ice and the headwall.

the southeast ridge, encountering many crevasses, some steep ice walls, cornices, and a snow mushroom at the summit.

When the movement of the ice slows down, the crevasses can coalesce, resulting in the surface of the glacier becoming smoother.

From Mt Menzies, the party sledged further south and east in unsuccessful attempts (prevented by crevasses).

found on ice sheets and flat areas of a glacier in a region of transverse crevasses.

Stacy Levy sandblasts enlarged images of mold onto glass, then allows mold to grow in the crevasses.

are nearby, and rescuers have died in unsuspected crevasses because they unroped in order to set up a rescue of the first victim.

crevasses can coalesce, resulting in the surface of the glacier becoming smoother.

Its southern stretch is a major transportation corridor to the Interior from the Coast, with the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways and the Trans-Canada Highway carved out of its rock faces, with many of the canyon's side-crevasses spanned by bridges and trestles.

Synonyms:

scissure, crevice, crack, cleft, fissure,

Antonyms:

stay, inferior, simple,