
Meaning of SCISSURE
| Pronunciation: | | 'sizhur
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a long narrow opening |
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| | Synonyms: | | cleft, crack, crevice, fissure |
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| | See Also: | | break, chap, chink, crater, crevasse, fatigue crack, fault, fracture, gap, geological fault, opening, rift, shift, slit, split, vent, volcanic crater, volcano | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Scis"sure\, n. [L. scissura, from scindere, scissum,
to cut, split.]
A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a
fissure. --Hammond.
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