crater

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
2. 2
   The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
3. 3
   The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
4. 4
   Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
5. 5
   Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”).
6. 6
   Alternative form of creature.

Verb

1. 1
   To form craters in a surface.
2. 2
   To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
3. 3
   To crash or fall.
4. 4
   To die from fall damage.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.