Crevice

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈkɹɛvɪs/

Origin

From Middle English crevice, from Old French crevace, from crever ("to break, burst"), from Latin crepare ("to break, burst, crack").

Full definition of crevice

Noun

1. A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.
• TennysonThe mouse,
  Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked,
  Or from the crevice peered about.
• William Butler YeatsI can't tell you how urbane and sprightly the old poll parrot was; and ... not a pocket, not a crevice, of pomp, humbug, respectability in him: he was fresh as a daisy.

Verb

1. To crack; to flaw.