crack

crack

1. a break or fracture without complete separation of the two parts

2. a physical or mental defect; flaw

3. a broken or cracked tone of voice, as a boy's during puberty

4. Slang a processed form of cocaine hydrochloride used as a stimulant. It is highly addictive

5. Obsolete slang a burglar or burglary

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What does it mean when you dream about cracks?

Can represent a flaw or weakness. A crack in a dream could be drawing on the meaning of an idiom, such as “papering over the cracks,” “cracking up,” or “falling through the cracks.”

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crack

[krak]

(chemistry)

To break a compound into simpler molecules.

(engineering)

To open something slightly, for instance, a valve.

(science and technology)

A fissure.

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crack

A building defect consisting of complete or incomplete separation within a single element or between contiguous elements of constructions.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

crack

To break into. See cracker.

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