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cra·ter
 crater
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- pronunciation:
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noun |
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A crater is something on the surface of a moon or a planet. It is an area where the land has been pushed in and forms the shape of a huge bowl. Craters are usually made by very large rocks from space that land hard on the surface. Some craters on the moon are so large that we can see them from Earth.
The moon has craters, but the earth has craters too. A large crater in the country of South Africa is many miles across. |
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cavity, hole, pit |
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| derivation: |
craterlike (adj.) |
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