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Topic: GEOGRAPHY

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: crevace, from crever 'to break'

crevice

 noun
     
crev‧ice [countable]
SG a narrow crack in the surface of something, especially in rock:
small creatures that hide in crevices in the rock
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