To find and fill the small, hidden spaces in something is to crevices. This is often done in order to protect something from moisture or other damage.
The carpenter needed to find the small, hidden crevices in the wood in order to seal them.
The architect designed the building in such a way that it would be protected from the weather by the small, hidden crevices in the walls.
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a long narrow opening
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a long narrow depression in a surface
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In the Autumn the descend and hibernate in crevices in the ground.
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The thinness allows grinding in slots and crevices.
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There is, however, a problem with the insects at the bottom of the crevice.
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At the bottom of the crevice lay a glowing blue blob.
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The Mynach flows through the crevice toward the viewer.
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The mechanism of pitting corrosion is probably the same as crevice corrosion.
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Therefore, the crevice system was extended to touch the edges of the chamber.
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A deep crevice was cut between the tyrannical UCOE and the free people.
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This crevice connects the glycogen storage site to the active, catalytic site.
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This large anemone will usually seclude itself in a protected rock or crevice.