1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a gevser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: The pit left by the explosion of a mine.
3. (Astron.)
Defn: A constellation of the southen hemisphere; — called also the
Cup.
CRATERIFORM
Cra*ter"i*form (kr-tr"-frm), a. Etym: [L. cratera + -form.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the form of a shallow bowl; — said of a corolla.
CRATEROUS
CRa"ter*ous (kr"tr-s), a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a crater. [R.] R. Browning.
CRAUNCH Craunch (krnch), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Craunched (krncht);p. pr. & vb. n. Craunching.] Etym: [See Crunch.]