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   Cleft

   /kleft/

   

   noun

   • 1. a fissure or split, especially one in rock or the ground: "the third peak is divided from the eastern one by a deep cleft" Similar splitslitcrackfissurecrevicechasmopeningriftbreakfracturerentbreachgashcrannyintersticefurrowindentationgapholepitvoidcrater
   • ▪ a vertical indentation in the middle of a person's forehead or chin: "the enticing cleft in his chin"
   • ▪ a deep division between two parts of the body.

   Word Origin Middle Englishclift: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kluft and German Kluft, also to cleave1. The form of the word was altered in the 16th century by association with cleft1.

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