Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hollow; a hole.
- noun A hollow area within the body.
- noun A pitted area in a tooth caused by caries.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hollow place; a hollow; a void or empty space in a body: as, the abdominal cavity; the thoracic cavity; the cavity of the mouth.
- noun The state of being hollow; hollowness.
- noun In horticulture See
basin , 12.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Hollowness.
- noun A hollow place; a hollow.
- noun the cœlum. See under
Body .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
hole orhollow depression . - noun A hollow area within the body (such as the
sinuses ). - noun dentistry A soft area in a
decayed tooth .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
- noun soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
- noun (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
- noun space that is surrounded by something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Pour the still clear soap into your mold until the cavity is about 2/3 of the way full
Embedded Ducky Soap - Project Instructions Anne-Marie 2008
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This cavity is a real help to extract the victim and also provides 150 Liters of air to breath if you are buried.
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This cavity is a real help to extract the victim and also provides 150 Liters of air to breath if you are buried.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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But police had been searching the backyard where they found what they call a cavity, where they believe human remains had been found and had been burned even.
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The lung cavity is nothing but soup! ken. mcloud said it best!
What is the deal with all the talk about tiny calibers and big game? 2009
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The lung cavity is nothing but soup! ken. mcloud said it best!
What is the deal with all the talk about tiny calibers and big game? 2009
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This abnormality, which occurs as the fetus is forming, is an opening in the diaphragm (the muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity) that allows abdominal organs to move into the chest.
CDH — Spence 2010
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Any object in this cavity is effectively invisible.
Thor's Day anverie 2009
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The animal could be fatally wounded but may bleed internally untill the chest cavity is full.
I am a new hunter, hunting only 4 seasons. I took my first deer last year. 2009
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The animal could be fatally wounded but may bleed internally untill the chest cavity is full.
I am a new hunter, hunting only 4 seasons. I took my first deer last year. 2009
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