CRATER

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a gevser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.

2.
n.

The pit left by the explosion of a mine.

3.
n.

A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.


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