Antonyms for cavity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kav-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæv ɪ ti


Definition 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

Synonyms for cavity

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