Synonyms for cavity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kav-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæv ɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for cavity Other synonyms for the word cavity
Définition of cavity
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
- Suddenly, he poked his head down to the very bottom of this cavity.
- Extract from : « An Old Woman's Tale » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Within the cavity lay a sword, with a golden hilt, and a pair of sandals.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Then fill up the cavity with marmalade, or with lemon and sugar.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- And he bent forward and compelled her also to stoop over the cavity.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- One of the peasants was throwing the first shovelful of earth into the cavity.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- The subgleba broad, occupying about one-third of the cavity.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- Wherever a cavity forms in the body lymph is liable to enter it.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- All the interior of the net he made of fire, but the lesser weels and their cavity, of air.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- The Cistudo enlarges the cavity with the help of its posterior legs.
- Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
- Epithelium: the layer of cells which covers a surface or lines a cavity.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
Antonyms for cavity
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