clefts

plural of cleft
as in fissures
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure my fishing line managed to get wedged in a cleft in the rocks

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“Clefts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clefts. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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