Cratering
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Cratering is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of crater.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of crater.
More Meanings
- The creation of a crater on a surface.
Example Sentences
Major craterings are quite apparent on the older and non-reworked faces of the other planets and their satellites.
Is the Minister in a position to give the results of ithe Garda investigation of the two latest allegations of deliberate crossings and craterings of Irish roads?
The moon also hangs as an inhospitable, cold companion in the night, a grim ball that shows many signs of craterings on its surface but not the great number we see now.
Many of the building fronts bore the pockmarks of rifle or machine gun fire; a few showed the larger craterings of aircraft cannon, and an occasional pile of nibble showed the effects of artillery or bombs.
Word Forms
- craterings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include volcano, vent, craterization, craterlet, craterkin, bowl.
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