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Definition of fissure noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

fissure

noun

NAmE//ˈfɪʃər//

(technology)

a long, deep crack in something, especially in rock or in the earth parched grassland dissected by open dry fissures

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fissured

NAmE//ˈfɪʃərd//

adjective fissured rock/terrainSee fissure in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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