Synonyms for cavity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kav-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæv ɪ ti

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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

Example sentences :

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

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