Cleft
Cleft noun - An irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure.
Usage example: my fishing line managed to get wedged in a cleft in the rocks
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Slit and Cleft. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cleft/slit
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