clefts

noun

plural of cleft
as in fissures
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure my fishing line managed to get wedged in a cleft in the rocks

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  1. fissures
  2. crevices
Noun
  • So, too, does the idea that a soccer coach could close fissures that even the well-meaning among career politicians have failed to seal.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
  • The group is particularly interested in suspending, fracturing, and reconstructing time through which othered bodies and identities pass, and in exploring the attendant emerging fissures.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 17 June 2026
Definition of fissures
Noun
  • From clever watermelon slicers to brushes designed to slide into tight crevices, shop more surprisingly useful gadgets below.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026
  • In it, pieces of raw fish are put in the cracks, crevices, and folds of the skin of Zach Holmes, another of the new cast members, who is a large man.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026
Definition of crevices
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