Associations to the word «Fissure»

Wiktionary

FISSURE, noun. A crack or opening, as in a rock
FISSURE, verb. To split forming fissures.

Dictionary definition

FISSURE, noun. A long narrow depression in a surface.
FISSURE, noun. A long narrow opening.
FISSURE, noun. (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes.
FISSURE, verb. Break into fissures or fine cracks.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats