Definition of Craters

1. Noun. (plural of crater) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of crater) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Craters

1. crater [v] - See also: crater

Lexicographical Neighbors of Craters

crater
crater arc
crater face
crater lake
crater lakes
cratered
crateriform
cratering
craterings
craterization
craterless
craterlet
craterlets
craterlike
craterous
craters (current term)
crates
cratesful
crating
craton
cratonic
cratons
cratur
craturs
craunch
craunched
craunches
craunching
cravat

Literary usage of Craters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"CHAPTER XVH GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO The whole Group Volcanic—Numbers of craters—Leafless Bushes- Colony at Charles Island—James Island—Salt-lake in Crater— ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1863)
"Indeed, on such a map some craters would not find place. A certain angle of illumination is necessary to bring out saliently the distinguishing features of ..."

3. Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America by Charles Darwin (1897)
"They are all volcanic: on two, craters have been seen in eruption, and on several ... The craters vary 1 I exclude from this measurement, the small volcanic ..."

4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"All the craters when fresh, consist of large, uniform pellets of earth or sand, ... One of the craters of the Atta texana nest represented In the preceding ..."

5. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"Lunar craters.—There are grounds for thinking that the remarkable craters of the ... The capacities of the lunar craters, so far as they can be estimated, ..."

6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1863)
"On a remarkable Chain of Lunar craters forming a portion of the Southern ... By WR Birt, Esq. The chain of craters I am about to describe is but very seldom ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"The most conspicuous of these craters is Mount Capulín, six miles south of Folsom Station. This, a beautiful cinder cone (altitude 9000 feet), rises nearly ..."

8. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"CHAPTER XVH GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO The whole Group Volcanic—Numbers of craters—Leafless Bushes- Colony at Charles Island—James Island—Salt-lake in Crater— ..."

9. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1875)
"Of these craters the newest i» C ^5TV^T>^ Fio. 6. ... with its three craters as seen from the south end of the Island of Lipari' a. Most modern crater, b. ..."

10. Report of the Annual Meeting (1863)
"Indeed, on such a map some craters would not find place. A certain angle of illumination is necessary to bring out saliently the distinguishing features of ..."

11. Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America by Charles Darwin (1897)
"They are all volcanic: on two, craters have been seen in eruption, and on several ... The craters vary 1 I exclude from this measurement, the small volcanic ..."

12. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"All the craters when fresh, consist of large, uniform pellets of earth or sand, ... One of the craters of the Atta texana nest represented In the preceding ..."

13. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"Lunar craters.—There are grounds for thinking that the remarkable craters of the ... The capacities of the lunar craters, so far as they can be estimated, ..."

14. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1863)
"On a remarkable Chain of Lunar craters forming a portion of the Southern ... By WR Birt, Esq. The chain of craters I am about to describe is but very seldom ..."

15. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"The most conspicuous of these craters is Mount Capulín, six miles south of Folsom Station. This, a beautiful cinder cone (altitude 9000 feet), rises nearly ..."

16. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1875)
"Of these craters the newest i» C ^5TV^T>^ Fio. 6. ... with its three craters as seen from the south end of the Island of Lipari' a. Most modern crater, b. ..."

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