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Meaning of SCISSURE

Pronunciation:  'sizhur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a long narrow opening
 
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 Synonyms: cleft, crack, crevice, fissure
 
 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
 
 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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