Meaning

• A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.

• 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.

• The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.

• (by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.

Meaning

• To form craters in a surface (of a planet or moon).

• To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.

• To crash or fall.

  "He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson."

Meaning

• An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.