See Also: barbed(dictionary)
barbed(1)(dictionary)
barbed(2)(dictionary)
barbed wire(dictionary)
crater arc(medicine)
crater(encyclopedia)
crater(dictionary)
crater(dictionary)
crater(medicine)
crater (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

barbed(1) (iou) and crater (sh)


barbed(1) (iou)



barbed adjective1. [b¨»:bd] LME.
[from BARB noun1, verb: see -ED2, -ED1.]
Wearing a barb (see BARB noun1 1). LME-E17.
Furnished with a barb or barbs (see BARB noun1 3, BARB verb 3). E17.
barbed wire wire of twisted strands with short pointed pieces inserted at intervals, used for fences and as an obstruction in war.
Heraldry. Of a flower: having a calyx of a specified tincture. E17.

crater (sh)




Circular depression in the surface of a planetary body.

Most craters are the result of impacts of meteorites or of volcanic explosions. Meteorite craters are more common on the Moon and Mars and on Other planets and natural satellites than on Earth, because most meteorites either burn up in the Earth's atmosphere before reaching its surface or erosion soon obscures the impact site. Craters made by exploding volcanoes (e.g., Crater Lake, Ore.) are more common on the Earth than on the Moon, Mars, or Jupiter's moon Io, where they have also been identified.