Shapes

Synonyms for cleft

The synonym for cleft recorded in this bank is crevice, in the sense "a narrow gap or split, especially in rock or a surface". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for cleft

crevicenoun, in the sense "a narrow gap or split, especially in rock or a surface"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and cleft carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineShapes

a narrow gap or split, especially in rock or a surface

A narrow cleft in the mountainside was just wide enough for a single climber to squeeze through.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

crevice

Same sentence, swapped: A narrow crevice in the mountainside was just wide enough for a single climber to squeeze through.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for cleft in the sentence quoted.

summit
ledge
slope

Where cleft turns up in the game

cleft is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play cleft

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so cleft reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Closest first: other shapes words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

angularadjectivechiseledhaving sharp angles or a bony, well-defined structureTreelineHas a reason line asymmetricaladjectiveunbalancedlacking correspondence between two sides; unevenly arrangedTreelineHas a reason line bendnoun, verbtwista circular segment of a curveTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line bulbousadjectiveswollenrounded and swelling outward, like a bulbTreelineHas a reason line contournounoutlinethe outline or shape of something, especially a curved edge or surfaceFoothillsHas a reason line convexadjectivebulgingcurving outward, like the exterior of a circle or sphereTreelineHas a reason line crescentnounsicklea curved shape that tapers to a point at each end, like the moon in its early phaseTreelineHas a reason line limbnounappendagean arm or leg of the bodyTreelineHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. cleft carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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