fissure
part of speech
noun (a fissure, fissures)
meaning for a pupil
1) A fissure is a long, narrow crack, especially in rock or the ground. tree →
2) In the body a fissure is a natural groove, such as a fold in the brain, or a small painful crack in the skin. tree →
3) A fissure can also mean a split or disagreement between people in a group. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography and science lessons it is a crack where lava comes out of a volcano (a fissure eruption) or where earthquakes split the ground. Phrases: «a fissure in the rock», «volcanic fissure», «fissure eruption».
examples
- Lava poured out of a long fissure in the ground. tree →
- The climber put her hand into a fissure in the rock. tree →
- After the earthquake a fissure opened across the road. tree →
- In Iceland some volcanoes erupt from fissures. tree →
- Water seeped through the fissures in the cave. tree →
- The brain has deep fissures and folds. tree →
- A fissure grew between the two friends after the argument. tree →
- Never go near fissures on a volcano; hot gas can come out. tree →
- He walked and walked, and came to a hill: in that hill was a fissure, and in the fissure stood a hut. tree →
note
Countable. Say «FISH-er». A fissure is longer and deeper than a little crack. Not to be confused with «fission», the splitting of atoms.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fissure» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.