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cavity

[kav-i-tee]

noun

plural

cavities 
  1. any hollow place; hollow.

  2. Anatomy.a hollow space within the body, an organ, a bone, etc.

  3. a hollow space or a pit in a tooth, most commonly produced by caries. A cavity may be artificially made to support dental restorations.



cavity

/ ˈæɪɪ /

noun

  1. a hollow space; hole

  2. dentistry a soft decayed area on a tooth See caries

  3. any empty or hollow space within the body

    the oral cavity

  4. electronics See cavity resonator

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cavity

  1. A hollow; a hole.

  2. A hollow area within the body.

  3. A pitted area in a tooth caused by caries.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • cavitied adjective
  • subcavity noun
  • uncavitied adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cavity1

First recorded in 1535–45; from Middle French cavite from Late Latin “hollowness,” equivalent to Latin cav(us) “hollow” + - -ity
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cavity1

C16: from French é, from Late Latin , from Latin cavus hollow
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Synonym Study

See hole.
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They also made extensive use of a ground-penetrating radar, slowly pushing the device across the buildings' floors, looking for anomalies and cavities underneath.

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Wet clay dribbled down my palms as I used my thumbs to gently make a hollow cavity to form the base of my piece, then gently pulled up clay to create its walls.

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She will also use that mobile, 3-inch-long middle finger to reach right into her nasal cavity almost all the way to the back of her throat.

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But if you’ve got room in the basket, go ahead and lay some onions, carrots or celery under the bird or even stuff the cavity with some halved lemons, grapes, garlic and herbs, ala Colwin.

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"You can damage the vessel trying to get into the chest cavity," he said.

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What is a cavity?

A cavity is a pit or hole in a tooth caused by the decay of the enamel and bone, such as you might get if you don’t brush your teeth regularly.A cavity is more generally any hollow place or crater, as in When the old building was torn down, all that was left was a huge cavity in the ground.A cavity is also any other hole, divet, or pit in the body, such as the spinal cavity, which surrounds your spinal cord.Example: That cavity in your molar is probably from all the soda you drink.

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