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noun
A hole or hollow depression in a solid object.
A hollow area within the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A hole or hollow depression in a solid object.
The female part of a mold: the depression itself or (metonymically) the half of the mold that contains it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, engineering, manufacturing, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
Synonyms: caries
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: bodily cavity, cavum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
Narrower terms: blastocoel, blastocoele, blastocele, segmentation cavity, cleavage cavity, archenteron, sinus, locule, loculus, lumen, socket, pulp cavity, eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity, buccal cavity, antrum, cloaca, vestibule, mediastinum, middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum, pleural cavity, chamber, cranial cavity, intracranial cavity, amniotic cavity, peritoneal cavity, greater peritoneal sac, bursa omentalis, omental bursa, lesser peritoneal cavity, pericardial cavity, pericardial space, vacuole, ventricle, sac, uterine cavity, nasal cavity, nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx, cecum, caecum, blind gut, tubular cavity, armpit, axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa, chest cavity, thoracic cavity, abdominal cavity, abdomen, pelvis, renal pelvis, pelvic cavity, celom, coelom, celoma, pit, fossa
noun
a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: pit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hole, hollow
Narrower terms: trou-de-loup, barbecue pit, borrow pit, divot, fire pit, quicksand, sandpit, sawpit, tar pit
noun
soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: caries, dental caries, tooth decay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decay
noun
space that is surrounded by something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: enclosed space
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: space
Narrower terms: hollow, pouch, sac, sack, pocket
History
From Middle French cavité or Late Latin cavitās, from cav(i) (“hollow, excavated, concave”) + -tās (“-ity”, nominal suffix). First attested in the Mid-16th c.
Across languages
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