Noun:

ਕਰੈਕ,

crevasse'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.

pronounced [ʁimaj]) is a crevasse that forms where moving glacier ice separates from the stagnant ice or firn above.

or crevasse rescue, to hold the climber in the event of a fall, and at belays as anchor points.

Moulins can reach the bottom of the glacier, hundreds of meters deep, or may only reach the depth of common crevasse formation (about.

Plaret, the group left the glacier, successfully passed the crevasse zone, unroped and ate a meal.

After Ninnis and a sledge carrying most of the food disappeared down a crevasse, from the expedition's main hut, Mertz and Mawson headed back west, gradually using the dogs to supplement their remaining food stocks.

The bluffs rise to 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) and are interspaced by heavily crevassed ice.

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

A substantial crevasse along most of the headwall leading to the summit ridge has sometimes caused teams to turn back.

British Antarctic Survey glaciologist, who with two companions died in a crevasse accident during a radio echo sounding traverse inland from Halley Station.

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

The workers were overpowered by toxic fumes (a mazuku) that had accumulated in a crevasse they had fallen into.

The ice that breaks away can be classified as an iceberg, but may also be a growler, bergy bit, or a crevasse wall breakaway.

Synonyms:

scissure, crevice, crack, cleft, fissure,

Antonyms:

stay, inferior, simple,