FISSURE Synonyms

• a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a narrow opening

• a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks

• a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

• make an opening or gap in

• a gap between cloud masses

• a narrow fissure in rock

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

• an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

• a bottle containing half the usual amount

• a promised or claimed share of loot or money

• a lengthwise crack in wood

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

• a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

• (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl

• an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

• division of a group into opposing factions

• having been divided; having the unity destroyed

• (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

• separate into parts or portions

• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

• a boy or man

• a long narrow depression in a surface

• a crack in a lip caused usually by cold

• (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs

• crack due to dehydration

• a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)

• a long narrow cleft

• split or divided

• having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib

• a long narrow depression in a surface

• a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)

• a long narrow cleft