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Webster 1913 Edition
Crater
Cra′ter
(krā′tẽr)
, Noun.
[L.
crater
, cratera
, a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. κρατήρ
, fr. κεραννύναι
to mix; cf. Skr. çrī
to mix, çir
to cook, çrā
to cook. Cf. Grail
, in Holy Grail
.] 1.
The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
2.
(Mil.)
The pit left by the explosion of a bomb, shell, or mine.
3.
(Astron.)
A constellation of the southen hemisphere; – called also the
Cup
. Webster 1828 Edition
Crater
CRATER
,Noun.
1.
The aperture or mouth of a volcano.2.
A constellation of the southern hemisphere, said to contain 31 stars.