cavity

Noun

Meaning

Hollowness.

A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pit caries dental caries tooth decay chamber space depression hole gap pocket hollow void sinus recess cavern
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Antonyms

brae butte burl galaxy wow foothill
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Hypernyms

space structure hole decay hollow complex body part

Hyponyms

chamber sac lumen fossa sandpit orbit

Related terms

cave excavation concave excavate excavator cavitary

Phrases with the word

dental cavity stomach cavity cavity QED tubular cavity cavity inside rock small cavity in rock

Derivatives

cavities

Examples

The void is a mouth crying to be filled, a blank mind aching for thought, a cavity desperate for shape. What is not implies what is. Jack Vance

My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was totally shocked. Elliott Smith

If you have dentures, don't use artificial sweetener, cause you'll get a fake cavity. Mitch Hedberg

Remember that the pharynx is at a crossroads from which leads off, at the top, the passage to the mouth cavity and the passage to the nasal cavity, and below, the passage to the larynx. Roman Jakobson

No matter where you are, the root of you is designed from a young age. So if my confidence was taken as a child, you can gain back a lot of the confidence, but that root of the cavity will still be there. Russell Peters

they dug a pit to bury the body Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cavitis cavitron Cavitt cavity in a gland cavity in a lode cavity in a rock