Crater vs. Caldera

Craternoun

(astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.

Craternoun

(geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.

Craternoun

(informal) The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.

Craternoun

Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.

Craternoun

(historical) gloss=vessel for mixing water and wine

Craternoun

A term of endearment, a dote, a wretched thing.

Craterverb

To form craters in a surface (of a planet or moon)

Craterverb

To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.

Craterverb

(snowboarding) To crash or fall.

Craternoun

The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.

Craternoun

The pit left by the explosion of a bomb, shell, or mine.

Craternoun

A constellation of the southen hemisphere; - called also the Cup.

Craternoun

a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano

Craternoun

a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus

Craternoun

a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb

Craternoun

a small and faint southern constellation (the Cup), between Hydra and Leo, said to represent the goblet of Apollo.

Craternoun

used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Crater

Craterverb

form a crater in (the ground or a planet)

Craterverb

drop or fall suddenly and disastrously; collapse

Calderanoun

(vulcanology) A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.

Calderanoun

a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression

Calderanoun

a large volcanic crater, especially one formed by a major eruption leading to the collapse of the mouth of the volcano.

Caldera

A caldera is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcanic eruption. When large volumes of magma are erupted over a short time, structural support for the rock above the magma chamber is lost.