Synonyms for cavities
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kav-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæv ɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for cavities Other synonyms for the word cavities
Définition of cavities
Origin :- 1540s, from Middle French cavité (13c.), from Late Latin cavitatem (nominative cavitas) "hollowness," from Latin cavus "hollow" (see cave (n.)).
- noun sunken or decayed area
- Or you may fill the cavities with raspberry jam, or with any sort of marmalade.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- The inner parts of the net were made by him of fire, the lesser nets and their cavities of air.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- Pteropega: wing sockets or cavities into which the wings are inserted.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- The origin of these cavities may be discussed at a later time.
- Extract from : « Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator » by Albert M. Reese
- This will be the stuffing with which you will fill the cavities of the twelve halves of peach.
- Extract from : « The Italian Cook Book » by Maria Gentile
- Into these cavities penetrated through one end of the bin 6-in.
- Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
- Further, a mass of dried mud is full of cavities and fissures.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- The metal has been carried away, but the cavities in the marble still remain.
- Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
- In the other two cavities, (the many-plies and the reed,) there was absolutely none.
- Extract from : « Delineations of the Ox Tribe » by George Vasey
- There were, here and there, cavities in which water had formed in pools.
- Extract from : « The King of the Mountains » by Edmond About
Antonyms for cavities
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