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noun

crater

CEFR B2

a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano

In a sentence

Six example sentences with crater, each labelled with its topic.

  • We hiked at dawn to peer into the crater, where steam drifted over a pool of gray mineral water.

    Travel

  • Ash from the crater settled on villages downwind, and botanists tracked how quickly the fields recovered afterwards.

    Environment

  • The painter climbed for three days and set her easel where the crater's rim opened onto a sea of cloud.

    Art

  • Gas sensors placed around the crater rim alert volcanologists when sulfur levels climb ahead of a possible eruption.

    Science

  • She waited until dusk so the glow inside the crater would register against the darkening sky in one exposure.

    Photography

  • Roman writers described the mountain's crater smoking for days before the eruption that buried the towns below it.

    History

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