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noun(cra-ter)the bowl-shaped depression around the orifice of a volcano
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noun(cra-ter)a depression formed by an impact (as of a meteorite)
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noun(cra-ter)a hole in the ground made by the explosion of a bomb or shell
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verb(cra-ter)to exhibit or form craters
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verb(cra-ter)to fail or fall suddenly and dramatically : collapse, crash
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verb(cra-ter)to form craters in
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noun(cra-ter)a jar or vase of classical antiquity having a large round body and a wide mouth and used for mixing wine and water
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noun(cra-ter)a jar or vase of classical antiquity having a large round body and a wide mouth and used for mixing wine and water
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geographical name(cra-ter)lake 1932 feet (589 meters) deep in the Cascade Range, southwestern Oregon, at an altitude of 6164 feet (1879 meters); main feature of Crater Lake National Park
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geographical name(cra-ter)active volcano in southwestern Alaska on the Alaska Peninsula in Aniakchak National Monument
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geographical name(cra-ter)crater of a dormant volcano 10,023 feet (3055 meters) high on eastern Maui, Hawaii, in Haleakala National Park
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geographical name(cra-ter)depression in northeast central Arizona 4000 feet (1220 meters) in diameter and 600 feet (about 180 meters) deep that was caused by a meteorite impact about 50,000 years ago
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geographical name(cra-ter)lake-filled meteoric crater in northern Quebec, Canada, in the northern Ungava Peninsula
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geographical name(cra-ter)crater of an extinct volcano in north central Tanzania that is nearly 12.5 miles (20 kilometers) across and is part of a conservation area having abundant wildlife