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Word entry · 7 letters

fissure

Best crossword clue

"Deep crack"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɪʃ.ə/Part of speech verb, nounSorted efirssuStarts with FEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. break into fissures or fine cracks

Word origin

From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • After Miller's Dale Junction, the main Derby-Manchester line crosses the Wye for the last time and turns north-west up Great Rocks Dale, a natural fissure several miles long.

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