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1. A long narrow depression in a surface
   - crevice, cranny, crack, chap
    
2. A long narrow opening
   - crack, cleft, crevice, scissure
    
3. (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

1. Break into fissures or fine cracks

Sounds like: fisher

Derived forms: fissures, fissured, fissuring

Type of: crack, depression, gap, groove, impression, imprint, opening, vallecula

Encyclopedia: Fissure