- shrinking crack
- vidi:shrinkage crack
English-Croatian dictionary. 2013.
English-Croatian dictionary. 2013.
crack — vb *break, burst, bust, snap, shatter, shiver Analogous words: split, rend, cleave, rive (see TEAR) crack n 1 Crack, cleft, fissure, crevasse, crevice, cranny, chink are comparable when meaning an opening, break, or discontinuity made by or as if … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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