Antonyms for cavities

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kav-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæv ɪ ti

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for cavities

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