Plural of crevasse; multiple deep cracks or fissures, especially in glaciers or ice sheets.
Regular plural formation from French-derived 'crevasse' using the English '-es' ending for words ending in '-sse', following standard pluralization rules.
The plural 'crevasses' is crucial in climbing language—a mountaineer might say 'We encountered numerous crevasses' to indicate a glacier is particularly dangerous and requires careful rope work.
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