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crash out
verbB2
/kræʃ aʊt/To fall asleep suddenly and deeply, often due to exhaustion.
crash pad
nounLow-medium
/ˈkræʃ ˌpæd/A temporary or basic place to sleep for the night, often a spare room in someone's home.
crash program
nounLow-Medium
/kræʃ ˈprəʊ.ɡræm/An intensive, short-term course or project designed to teach a skill or achieve a goal quickly under pressure.
crash team
nounC1
/ˈkræʃ ˌtiːm/A group of medical professionals assembled and dispatched urgently to provide critical, immediate care, typically for a patient in cardiac arrest or another life-threatening situation.
crash truck
nounLow (specialized term)
/kræʃ trʌk/A heavy-duty vehicle designed to clear wreckage from roads, runways, or railways after a major accident.
crash-land
verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveC1
/ˈkræʃ lænd/To bring an aircraft to the ground in an uncontrolled, forced landing, typically involving significant damage, but intending to avoid catastrophic destruction.
crash-test
verbC1
/ˈkræʃ ˌtest/A test in which a vehicle is deliberately crashed to assess its safety and the performance of its safety features, such as airbags and crumple zones.
crashaw
nounVery Rare
/ˈkræʃɔː/A surname, specifically that of the English poet Richard Crashaw (c. 1613–1649).
crashworthiness
nounC1
/ˈkræʃˌwɜːðinəs/The ability of a vehicle or structure to protect its occupants during a collision.
crasis
nounC2
/ˈkreɪsɪs/A phonetic fusion or contraction of two adjacent vowels into a single long vowel or diphthong.
crassitude
nounRare/Literary
/ˈkræs.ɪ.tʃuːd/Extreme stupidity, ignorance, or insensitivity; the quality of being crass.
crassulacean acid metabolism
nounC2+
/kræs.jʊˌleɪ.ʃən ˈæs.ɪd məˈtæb.əl.ɪ.zəm/A specific type of photosynthesis adaptation used by some plants in arid conditions, where carbon dioxide is taken in at night and stored as an acid.
crassus
nounExtremely Rare / Archaic / Historical
/ˈkrasʊs/Thick, dense, or fat; originally a Latin adjective denoting physical substance.
cratch
nounRare / Obsolete
/krætʃ/An archaic term for a manger or fodder rack for feeding animals, especially livestock.
crate
nounverbverb-transitiveB1
/kreɪt/A large, rigid, open container, often made of wooden slats, plastic, or metal, used for transporting or storing goods.
crater
nounverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveB2
/ˈkreɪ.tə(r)/A large, bowl-shaped hollow, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite.
crater lake
nounC1
/ˈkreɪtə ˌleɪk/A lake that has formed inside a volcanic crater, caldera, or maar.
crater lake national park
nounLow
/ˌkreɪ.tə ˈleɪk ˌnæʃ.nəl ˈpɑːk/A specific U.S. national park in Oregon that protects Crater Lake, formed in a caldera created by a collapsed volcano.
crater mound
nounVery Low (Specialist)
/ˈkreɪtə maʊnd/A distinct geological feature, typically referring to either: 1) A mound-like structure or hill that contains a crater or depression at its summit, formed by volcanic or impact processes. 2) A mound or hill that is itself crater-shaped or forms the rim of a crater.
craterlet
nounVery Rare / Technical
/ˈkreɪ.tə.lət/A very small crater, especially on a planetary surface or in volcanic terrain.

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