What does crevice mean?
Word: Crevice
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Crevice means a narrow crack in a rock or a wall, often just wide enough for a small creature or plant to fit into.
How do you spell crevice?
Syllables: crev - ice
Tricky part: Its last syllable is spelt -ice; crevis and crevise are the usual slips. Crevasse is a different word, so check which one a sentence needs.
Watch out for: crevis, crevise
Memory tip: Rain that seeps into a crevice can freeze into ice in winter, and the word ends with ice too.
Crevice in a sentence
Example 1: The wind whistled through a crevice in the old stone wall.
Example 2: Mira dropped her earring, and it slipped into a crevice in the rocks by the sea.
Example 3: Grandpa hid the spare key in a crevice behind the loose brick by the gate.
Fun Fact
Rock climbers often move up a cliff by wedging their fingers or the tips of their shoes into crevices to get a firm hold.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Twins
Choose the option that fills both blanks correctly:
1. A bead rolled off the table and vanished into a ___ between two floor tiles. 2. Roped together, the mountaineers stepped carefully round a deep ___ in the glacier.
a) 'crevasse' in both
b) 'crevice' in both
c) crevice/crevasse
d) crevasse/crevice
Show answer
c) crevice/crevasse. A thin gap between tiles is a crevice; a deep split in the ice of a glacier is a crevasse.
Spellacadabra
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
cr__vice
a) ea
b) a
c) e
d) i
Show answer
c) e. The first vowel is a short e, as in rest.
Word Puzzle
Match each word with its meaning:
1. boulder 2. crevice 3. summit a. a slim gap in stone where moss may take hold b. a very large, rounded rock c. the highest point of a hill or mountain
a) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
b) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
c) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
d) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
Show answer
c) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c. Think of a hillside: the huge rock is a boulder, the slim gap is a crevice and the top is the summit.
Sound Check
In which word is 'ice' pronounced differently?
a) notice
b) device
c) crevice
d) justice
Show answer
b) device. In device the ending sounds like the word nice; in the other three it is a short, light sound.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these could you push into a crevice?
a) a bicycle
b) a thin coin
c) a school bag
d) a football
Show answer
b) a thin coin
2. Why do small creatures such as spiders often hide in crevices?
a) the space is full of bright light
b) the gap is always warm and dry
c) the narrow space keeps them out of sight
d) the crack gives them food to eat
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c) the narrow space keeps them out of sight
