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What is the noun for crevasse?

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crevasse
  1. A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm.
  2. (US) A breach in a canal or river bank.
  3. (figuratively) A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “As the mountaineer crossed the treacherous glacier, he carefully navigated the icy crevasse to avoid falling into the gaping crack.”
crevasses
  1. plural of crevasse
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This tends to break the glacier apart into many crevasses on the glacier's surface.”
      “Water enters the aquifer system as it drains into cracks and crevasses in the aquifer recharge zone.”
      “The glacier is riddled with crevasses, and the route is often disguised by a thin blanket of new snow.”
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