crater Definition

crater
noun

1. The bowl-shaped mouth of a volcano or geyser.
2. A hole left in the ground where a meteorite has landed, or a bomb or mine has exploded.
3. astron.
A circular, rimmed depression in the surface of the Moon.
4. astron.
A small faint constellation occurring in the southern hemisphere.
Form: Crater

verb

tr & intr
cratered, cratering
1. To form craters in (a road, a surface, etc).

Derivative: cratered
adj

Derivative: crater-like
noun

Derivative: craterous
adj

Etymology: 17c: Latin, from Greek krater mixing-bowl.