Crater

1. A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
2. The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
3. The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
4. (by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.

1. To form craters in a surface (of a planet or moon).
2. To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
3. To crash or fall.

   He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson.

noun

An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.

1. A living being; an animal or (sometimes derogatory) a human.

   He's a creature of habit.   insects and other creatures

2. A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
3. A being subservient to or dependent upon another.