Definitions
a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
Word origin
First coined 1613, from Latin crātēr (“basin”), from Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr, “mixing-bowl, wassail-bowl”).
Used in a sentence
“The people of those parts lived in underground houses - more of dug-outs - along with their goats and sheep and they had great craters full of wine, barley-wine, that they drank through reeds.”
“Yup, John McCain said to me the economy “is about to crater.” You folks worried about the economy? Whoo! Not me.”
“Uber said on Thursday that its ride-hailing business had cratered in the second quarter as people traveled less in the pandemic.”
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