fissure
English Thesaurus
1. (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | groove, vallecula, |
| definition | : | (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | sulcus, |
| definition | : | (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | hilum, hilus, |
| definition | : | (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ (noun.body) |
| domain category | : | anatomy, general anatomy, |
| definition | : | the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals (noun.cognition) |
2. a long narrow opening (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | gap, opening, |
| definition | : | an open or empty space in or between things (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | chap, |
| definition | : | a crack in a lip caused usually by cold (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | chink, |
| definition | : | a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | crevasse, |
| definition | : | a deep fissure (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | fatigue crack, |
| definition | : | a crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | rift, |
| definition | : | a narrow fissure in rock (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | slit, |
| definition | : | a narrow fissure (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | split, |
| definition | : | a lengthwise crack in wood (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | vent, volcano, |
| definition | : | a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt (noun.object) |
3. a long narrow depression in a surface (noun.shape)
4. break into fissures or fine cracks (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | crack, |
| definition | : | cause to become cracked (verb.change) |
5. a long narrow opening (noun.object)
| derivation | : | fissure, |
| definition | : | break into fissures or fine cracks (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | crack, |
| definition | : | break partially but keep its integrity (verb.change) |
6. a long narrow depression in a surface (noun.shape)
| derivation | : | fissure, |
| definition | : | break into fissures or fine cracks (verb.change) |
7. break into fissures or fine cracks (verb.change)
8. a long narrow opening (noun.object)
| derivation | : | fissure, |
| definition | : | break into fissures or fine cracks (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | crack, |
| definition | : | break partially but keep its integrity (verb.change) |
9. a long narrow depression in a surface (noun.shape)
| derivation | : | fissure, |
| definition | : | break into fissures or fine cracks (verb.change) |
10. break into fissures or fine cracks (verb.change)
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