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We think the answer is "CLEFT" which means:

noun
• • A split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
• • A long narrow cleft
adjective satellite
• • Split or divided
• • Having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib
verb
• • To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "the threat which i saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."
• • To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
• • To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
• • To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
• • To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
• • To split.
• • Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
adjective
• • Split, divided, or partially divided into two.

An example sentence would be:

• • "The hiker descended into a narrow cleft in the rock formation."
• • "The surgeon performed a cleft lip repair surgery on the newborn."

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