Dictionary Definition
cavity
Noun
1 a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they
dug a pit to bury the body" [syn: pit]
2 space that is surrounded by something [syn:
enclosed
space]
3 soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay
can lead to the death of a tooth [syn: caries, dental
caries, tooth
decay]
4 (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the
body [syn: bodily
cavity, cavum]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
Derived terms
Translations
hollow area within the body
Extensive Definition
A cavity is a hole. It may refer to:
- Dental cavity, damage to the structure of teeth
- Resonator, a
device designed to select for waves of particular wavelengths
- Optical cavity, the cavity resonator of a laser
- Cavitation, the phenomenon of partial vacuums forming in fluid, for example, in propellors
- Cavitary pneumonia, a type of pneumonia in which a hole is formed in the lung
- Cavity sludge metal band from Miami, Florida.
cavity in German: Kavität
cavity in Dutch: Caviteit
cavity in Simple English: Cavity
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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