Cavity
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English
Noun
Cavity (plural cavities)- A hole or hollow depression.
- A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses).
- (dentistry) A soft area in a decayed tooth.
Adjectives for Cavity
dark; dungeon-like; hideous; conical.
Verbs for Cavity
cap—; dilate—; drain—; drill—; empty—; fill—; grind—; irrigate—; line—; obliterate—; tap—; treat—; —contains; —weakens.
Synonyms for Cavity
hollow, hole, depression, cave, excavation, concavity, opening.
Antonyms for Cavity
mound, hill, prominence, projection, protuberance, elevation, swelling, convexity.
Derived terms
Related terms
Thesaurus
hole, hollow, hollow shell, incision, inlet, interval, joint, kloof, lacuna, laying open, leak, manger, moat, notch, nullah, opening, opening up, orifice, outlet, pass, passage, passageway, pew, pit, pocket, pore, punch bowl, ravine, rent, rift, rime, rupture, scissure, scoop, seam, shaft, shell, sink, sinus, slit, slot, socket, space, split, stall, stoma, throwing open, trench, trough, uncorking, unstopping, vacuity, valley, vault, void, vug, wadi, well, yawn, yawning abyss, abysm, abyss, alveolation, alveolus, antrum, aperture, armpit, arroyo, basin, booth, bowl, box, box canyon, breach, break, broaching, canyon, cell, cellule, chamber, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, clearing, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, compartment, concave, concavity, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crater, crevasse, crevice, crib, crypt, cup, cut, cwm, deep, defile, dell, depression, depth, dike, dip, disclosure, ditch, donga, draw, enclosed space, excavation, fault, fenestra, fissure, fistula, flaw, flume, fold, follicle, fontanel, foramen, fracture, funnel chest, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gat, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hiatus, hold,
Etymology
From Latin as if *cavitas < cavus (“hollow”).
