A crevice is a narrow crack or opening in a surface, usually in rock, walls, or the ground. It is deeper and more irregular than a simple line crack.
From Old French *crevace* meaning “crack, split,” related to *crever* “to break, burst.” It likely goes back to a Latin root meaning “to break apart.”
Crevices are nature’s secret storage spaces—seeds, water, and even tiny animals hide in them. Rock climbers, on the other hand, see crevices as handholds and footholds, like a vertical puzzle to solve.
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