Synonyms for orifice

Grammar : Noun

Spell : awr-uh-fis, or-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr ə fɪs, ˈɒr-

Définition of orifice

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French orifice "the opening of a wound" (14c.) and directly from Latin orificium "an opening," literally "mouth-making," from os (genitive oris) "mouth" (see oral) + facere "make" (see factitious). Related: Orificial.

noun opening

Example sentences :

One may take a sheep's bladder into the orifice of which a tube is fastened.
Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh

There had been only a superficial examination by Tomlinson of the orifice of the wound.
Extract from : « The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley » by Louis Tracy

A jet of soapsuds plays on each drill from an orifice 1/32 in.
Extract from : « Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught » by Joshua Rose

It was not difficult then to stop up the orifice with a little fat.
Extract from : « Three Boys in the Wild North Land » by Egerton Ryerson Young

He examined the edge of the orifice where the rock rested upon it.
Extract from : « The Lone Ranche » by Captain Mayne Reid

Many of the travelers did not even move as they left the orifice.
Extract from : « Skylark Three » by Edward Elmer Smith

He soon picked out the orifice of Marie Antoinette's chimney.
Extract from : « Messengers of Evil » by Pierre Souvestre

The bees enlarged the orifice and dragged out the now dead queens.
Extract from : « Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained » by M. Quinby

And when the incision was made, he observed, 'The orifice is not large enough.'
Extract from : « Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. » by Benson J. Lossing

It decreases a little as the size of the orifice is greater.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1 » by Various

Antonyms for orifice

closure

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