'Cavity' definitions:
Definition of 'cavity'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body" [syn: pit, cavity]
noun
Space that is surrounded by something [syn: cavity, enclosed space]
noun
Soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth [syn: cavity, caries, dental caries, tooth decay]
noun
(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body [syn: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum]
Definition of 'Cavity'
From: GCIDE
- Cavity \Cav"i*ty\, n.; pl. Cavities. [L. cavus hollow: cf. F. cavit['e].]
- 1. Hollowness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The cavity or hollowness of the place. --Goodwin. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity. [1913 Webster]
- An instrument with a small cavity, like a small spoon. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed in the lungs, which are designated cavities or vomic[ae]. --Quain. [1913 Webster]
- Body cavity, the c[oe]lum. See under Body. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cavity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- 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
Words containing 'Cavity'
- Cavities,
- cavitied,
- Body cavity,
- Segmentation cavity,
- Visceral cavity,
- abdominal cavity,
- amniotic cavity,
- axillary cavity,
- bodily cavity,
- buccal cavity,
- cavity resonator,
- cavity wall,
- chest cavity,
- cleavage cavity,
- cotyloid cavity,
- cranial cavity,
- glenoid cavity,
- intracranial cavity,
- nasal cavity,
- oral cavity,
- orbital cavity,
- pelvic cavity,
- pericardial cavity,
- peritoneal cavity,
- pleural cavity,
- pulp cavity,
- thoracic cavity,
- tubular cavity,
- tympanic cavity,
- uterine cavity,
- lesser peritoneal cavity