Cleft - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kleft|
Brit.
|kleft|
noun
- a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
- a long narrow opening (syn: crack, crevice, fissure)
- a long narrow opening (syn: crack, crevice, fissure)
adjective
- split or divided
he had a cleft chin and strong jaw
the infant was born with a double harelip and cleft palate
a cleft stick
- having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib (syn: dissected)the infant was born with a double harelip and cleft palate
a cleft stick
Extra examples
The river begins as a trickle of water from a cleft in the rock.
He has a distinctive cleft in his chin.
The wooden door had been cleft in two.
His fist cleft the air.
Word forms
noun
singular: cleft
plural: clefts
singular: cleft
plural: clefts
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